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Very interesting. Those features are definitely there. Look on the current satellite map and identify the two roughly N-S running dikes that separated the flooded areas in 1930. In the easternmost of the two there is a weir near the bottom (and there is a similar weir on the westernmost dike)...

Thanks for the link! That was well worth watching. Well done, Jerseyman. And thanks for not going into any more detail on the various ways Ralph may have contracted TB. Ralph Montgomery's story was truly fascinating. When you look into your own heredity it is always apparent how much is...

That's awesome. I missed it, but I really like Steve Buscemi, and Jerseyman is ok too! ;)

Ah yeah, probably not. :)

Depending on the kind of cable there are sometimes access points, or some sort of structure along the way. I extended the line out in both directions a bit looking for such but didn't see anything. It could just be one of those fiber jobs where they just bury a bundle of plastic cables a couple...

Well then maybe a cable route? The equipment they use to bury them might disrupt the vegetation enough to leave a visible scar.

There's no real debate as far as I can see. There are no historical through roads in the marked area other than Hay, and the 1970 map shows that Hay was designated as no vehicles at that time. In the 1995 aerial there are no roads at all south of the tracks between High Crossing and Hay Rd...

These things are often imaging artifacts. Al, that could have been the boundary where two sets of data overlapped.

It appears to say that Hay was already closed to motorized traffic between Fire Line and Hampton as of its publication date in 2000. So... Hay was not open from the furnace to Quaker Bridge? If not, then what are we losing here?

I've been short of time and sort of going on what has been posted here, but now you have me intrigued, so I looked at a few sources. The oldest of these is the 1887 Cook topo, plate 12, and the newest is the current map data and satellite imagery. Based on the map devilstoy posted I'd say the...

Thanks, devilstoy and gipsie for the patience and continued explanations. I get the point now. If the case is that there were never supposed to be roads there to begin with then there can be no real objection to posting them as closed. If the closure does not remove access rights to any...

Old Halfway has been prominently posted for years. I don't know if the restrictions have lessened the overall amount of damage, but by the looks of the place I'd guess not. I understand you have to catch a few of these guys in the act. I'm no expert but I think that for someone who isn't a...

A couple of points mentioned here need to be clarified. First, a lot of people here had written about damage in the pines. I've written about it here and on my blog, and have gone out of my way to photograph damage and offenders when I can. I'm offended a little by the tone of "Well, you guys...

Thanks for that, Al. I wonder why they are so numerous this year?

I think it would have been much more effective for the authorities to impound a couple of trucks. Now, as the others have said, we're all being punished.

Thanks, Boyd. I downloaded everything and installed. Turned out I already had Basecamp, but I grabbed Mapsource and the web updater program. However I have not been able to get the Nuvi to connect to Windows 7/64 yet. The handheld connects, but the Nuvi won't. Going to mess with it some more...

That's awesome, Boyd. Thanks a ton. I may need to come back at you for tips on how to install these. I'm sure my wife wasn't aware of the detail issue with the 1400 series, but beyond the bare fact of lower detail it doesn't even show some of the old secondary roads near my house. These roads...

Interesting! He does look like he's in the process of making a similar hole.

Privacy and anonymity are not the same thing, or even related. What is going on with Facebook and commenting right now is a broad backlash against the effects of anonymity on the perceived public discourse. I say "perceived" because, while it is debased and profane on its best days, I don't yet...

There's always that subtext isn't there? It's the "public" that needs to be kept out. Once they have been placed properly at arms length the connected and elite have all the access they want. Still, this was inevitable, and I would say inevitably the rest of the woods will follow as the various...