Beautiful Vexation Hills in Pipestave Swamp

I found the coolest thing ever today.  Ever?  Yes, I said ever.  It's not even contraband.  Anyways, it's a topographic map of my town from 1944!  I swear I stared at this thing for at least an hour already.  It's pretty cool because only like a quarter of the roads are there yet.  Just the main ones and a few short side roads.  You can really tell why the town is laid out the way it is because they put the main roads on the higher ground (there was still some swampiness in the lower areas according to the map). 

Also, our town was sorta over a small mountain from Wethersfield, which was founded about 350 years ago.  You can see why they chose to cross the 'mountain range' where they did (cedar street by 99's Restaurant) and then our center of town is right on the other side.  Berlin Turnpike (Rt. 5-15) was there too and I think that's a pretty old throroughfare anyways. 

Since it is a topographic map, you can also tell the various elevations throughout town.  Turns out, I live at the highest point in the whole town!  (350 feet above...sea level?)  Our apartment is on 'Vexation Hill'.  I just found that out.  Never heard of it in my whole life.  :)

I also learned, from another source, that when they first started crossing Cedar mountain and coming to this side, they originally came to get some kind of wood to make staves for manufacturing 'pipes', or barrels.  So, the town was originally known as Pipestave Swamp.  Now I live on Vexation Hill in Pipestave Swamp.

Here's a link to the map.  Too big to post here.

(Normal View)  http://static.flickr.com/83/217095968_706718e6ab_b.jpg

(Really big close-up view)  http://static.flickr.com/83/217095968_706718e6ab_o.jpg

The End.