Walking Through Historic Maps

Have you ever walked through a historic map? Our GRACE interns and Time Traveler team did! We headed out to Lake Linden with 1935 and 1893 maps loaded on tablets and smart phones. As we walked through town, we could track our movement and compare what we could see with what used to be there. We found the Bosch Brewing Co., explored downtown commercial areas, and followed the copper milling process with Michigan Tech Prof. Carol MacLennan. The "Leaching Plant" you see on this map is just one of the many large processing buildings whose concrete footprints are still part of the Lake Linden waterfront park. All our hard work building the Time Traveler will make it possible for anyone to walk through more of the Copper Country's historic maps!