In the early days of
Minnesota, the land
had to be surveyed and maps drawn.
Henry Blackwell (10.2.5) was one of the
Surveyors for Douglas County and other
areas of Minnesota.
Eventually, many
maps had
been drawn using the tools of
the day.
This page will show the Maps
displayed in this website.
Maps will
continually be loaded onto this page.
Send us one.
Henry Blackwell
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Minnesota - 1866
Photo 157
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The image is a Map of Minnesota in 1866.
I have left it quite
large to improve the clarity.
Adjust side bars as necessary as some of the small writing is difficult to see.
Locate VanLoon Lake, and you will see the property of Miner VanLoon
(Lower left)
directly across the lake from the property of Henry Blackwell.
Blackwell Lake (Near Holmes City) is still called Blackwell
Lake.
Van Loon Lake is now called Pocket Lake.
...............Submitted by Kathryn Johnson
Minnesota
- First Map
Photo 158
First Map of
Holmes City Township
Believed drawn by Henry Blackwell between 1862 - 1865
New York -
View a Map of Erie County in the Mid 1840s -
Click Here
Erie County is a vast area. Find "Concord" and that
was the place Lois Twichell was born.
England - Gloucester
View a PDF Map of Gloucester
Find Cheltenham to
see where our Blackwell Family came from.
Gloucester Area Map
Excellent Map. Blue Circle is Cheltenham. Find Cowley. Shurdington,
Brimpsfield and Withington. All are close together.
North Gloucester
Central Gloucester
Towns & Parishes
A Close up of the areas our
Blackwells came from (Cheltenham is the Circle)
Note Withington - Charlton Kings - Shurdington - Leckhampton - Badgeworth -
Cowley - Brimpsfield
All the family were baptized in most of these locations. Mary Barradell
was buried in Shurdington.
All areas are very close to each other.
Photo 175
A portion of the Map of the area near
Athol, Mass.
For the search for Twichells
Photo 200
Minnesota in 1874
Google Earth Maps
Blackwell Lake, Manitoba, Canada
Blackwell Lake, Manitoba, Canada
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Blackwell Lake, British
Columbia, Canada
Blackwell Lake, British Columbia, Canada
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