The public archives hold no old photos of Maplehurst yet. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Maplehurst’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Maplehurst.
The six mile square that would become Maplehurst was first surveyed in the summer of 1847 by a crew working for the U.S. government. Then in May 1854 another crew marked all the section corners in the township, moving on foot, measuring with chain and compass. When done, the deputy surveyor filed this general description:
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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Nobody well known was born in Maplehurst itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
From Wikipedia. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
