Record Series Name:  Commercial Maps and Trail Guides

Physical Location:  Speculation Lands map cabinet

Record Series Value (High, Medium, Low):  Estimated as Low

Record Series Description:  As part of CMC’s business to build and maintain hiking trails in Western North Carolina, topographic maps were procured to assist in the process.  In addition, CMC acquired various hiking trail maps and guides.  These maps do not appear to have a great deal of significance to the CMC history.  Summary of records:

1)      Topographic maps:  Included are a hundred or so topographic maps produced by USGS.  The geographic location of these maps is generally Western North Carolina.  The USGS maps lying flat in the box are in alphabetical order and most are from the 1950s and 1960s (some duplicates with different versions)

2)      Trail Guides:  Included are guides products by U.S. Federal Agencies generally for the areas in Western North Carolina.

3)      Rolled maps:  miscellaneous maps, some North Carolina highway maps (likely used in planning trail relocations), some maps from other states, some maps of western U.S. National Parks