Anyone who has read my past blog posts knows that one of my
biggest priorities with this project is making information accessible to
researchers. This week I came across a map of Ontario from the late nineteenth
century that intrigued me because I could imagine researchers using this map
to look at the development of Ontario, CA.
This map was made in 1883 and was found in a series of documents
pertaining to land and title companies in San Bernardino County during the late
nineteenth century.
Although Ontario has changed a lot in the last 134 years,
some of the streets labeled on the map still exist today. I couldn’t resist
looking up this area of Ontario on Google Maps to see how things have changed.
What is depicted on the map from 1883 is only a portion of
the Ontario of today. This is an image of the entirety of Ontario, CA, with a
blue box indicating the scope of the nineteenth century map.
Maps are some of the most interesting features I have come across during my time here, especially when I compare them to maps of today. Maps represent tangible evidence of how a place has changed throughout history and it gives a visually striking impression on how times have changed.
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