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• RMMS Lecture Openings

  • ​We still have some open slots in our 2025 lecture schedule. If you are interested in giving a talk, or know someone who would be a good fit, please contact Vincent.louis.szilagyi@gmail.com. Any and all map related topics are welcome, as are any level of speaker experience. Thank you!
     

• Upcoming Talks:​​​​

• "Mapping the Historic Cherokee Trail in Colorado" - March 11, 2025​

  • The Colorado portion of the Cherokee Trail was used to connect from the Santa Fe Trail at Bent’s Old Fort to the California Trail at Fort Bridger, Wyoming for Cherokee and white emigrants to seek their riches in the 1849 California Gold Rush. It was a major artery for emigrants and settlers in Colorado in the 1850s-1860s, long before the Overland Stage Company claimed its routes. Ethan will bring his five years of field mapping the Cherokee Trail in Colorado for OCTA (Oregon-California Trails Association) to life as he discusses the history research, historic maps, General Land Office surveys, historic journal/diary entries and newspaper articles that amass the evidence to find modern-day rut traces of the Cherokee Trail in the field. This years-long effort culminates with the highest resolution map of the Cherokee Trail in Colorado which Ethan will show at the presentation.

  • Ethan Gannett is the President and Mapping Chair for the Colorado-Cherokee Trail Chapter of the Oregon-California Trails Association (OCTA) where he is Vice President of the national organization.

  • March 11, 2025 @ 5:30 PM​

  • History Colorado, Downtown Denver, Colorado

    • Free Admission (registration required, click here)

    • 1200 N Broadway, Denver, CO 80203

    • Parking information

  • This talk will also be available on Zoom

    • Zoom link (no Registration Required)
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• A Mistake Map: Did putting El Paso in the wrong spot cost the US 10 million dollars? An article by Shaun Boyd
   

• Karen Pinto, a scholar in the history of Islamic cartography, has a collection of maps on Pixeum.
   

• Curtis Bird has YouTube interviews with various map makers (link)

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• Time Traveler's Map of Denver (link) - A site to compare historic maps of Denver with the current map.

• Follow the Rocky Mountain Map Society on Facebook.

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• The Rocky Mountain Map Society has a YouTube Page now! Past talks are available to view whenever you like. Check it out!

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• The publications by RMMS Members page has recently been updated.​

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• Our friend John Docktor has a wonderful list of all upcoming map events, not just in the USA, but across the pond as well. Please check it out!​

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• RMMS is collaborating with outstanding map societies across the country for some Zoom meetings! Check out their websites!

  • Washington Map Society

  • New York Map Society

  • Chicago Map Society

  • Boston Map Society

  • California Map Society

  • Philip Lee Phillipps Map Society

  • Texas Map Society
     

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