Found a whole antique map trove in a Missouri barn, here's how I sorted it | Curious Collections Corner

Wendy Sanchez · 2026-09-05T08:30:05.412161+00:00

I was hauling a load through Sedalia last fall and stopped at this run-down farm auction. Turned out the old owner collected 140 years of Missouri highway maps, stuffed in two milk crates. The trick I figured out is to sort by the date printed on the road construction notes, not the cover, since covers get recycled. I used a cheap magnifier lamp and a blank notebook to log each one, took about 6 evenings, and now I can spot a 1950s rerouting just by the county line shapes. Anybody else find a stash that took more patience than money to organize?

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