Used to toss old road maps until I found one that showed a town that never existed

Ngl, I always thought vintage maps were boring until I found a 1940s map of Nevada at a thrift store last summer that had a whole ghost town drawn in that never actually existed on any government record. How do fake places even end up on these old maps?

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nathan85111d ago

Probably the cartographer just sketched in a place to make the map look more filled out. Happened more than you'd think back then. Guess they figured nobody would actually drive out to check.