We recently found this gem hiding in the stacks, on the back of a 1923 state highway system map of North Carolina:

We had to look up the meaning of “flivvering”, and some of the rhyming is a bit strained, but overall this is a wonderful view into what life was like in the 1920’s, when motoring was new and people were out exploring their country.

Isn’t it nice to know that “Ol’ No’th Ca’lina” was such a great place to visit?

From the Joyner Library at East Carolina University comes a very useful tool for finding and using topographic maps - the TopoNC Map Database. TopoNC allows keyword searching for places (including crossroads, subdivisions, towns and cities) and features (such as rivers, swamps, mountains, bays, and forests). Click on the link for more information and to begin searching the database!