Vote on the next maps

Every state already has at least a regional map. These are the state maps we’d like to add; votes decide what gets worked on first. When one goes live, everyone who voted for it gets the Requested & Built badge.

• Colorado — Glenn Scott’s USGS historic trail maps (Denver and Pueblo sheets)
  Colorado · Waiting on scans
  Federal maps, public domain; the sheet PDFs need a manual download from the USGS store.
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• California — Kroeber, Handbook of the Indians of California, plate 1 (1925)
  California · Waiting on scans
  Public domain (Smithsonian BAE Bulletin 78); the folded plate needs a clean scan.
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• Wisconsin — Charles E. Brown’s Indian trails map (1930)
  Wisconsin · Waiting on scans
  Public domain; asking the Wisconsin Historical Society for a high-resolution copy.
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• Connecticut — Mathias Spiess, Indian trails and villages (1934)
  Connecticut · Waiting on scans
  Not renewed, so public domain; the only online copy is too damaged to use.
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• Michigan — W. B. Hinsdale, Archaeological Atlas of Michigan (1931)
  Michigan · Free on 1 January 2027
  Copyright was renewed, so it enters the public domain at the start of 2027.
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• Ohio — Frank Wilcox, Ohio Indian Trails (1933)
  Ohio · Waiting on scans
  Public domain (not renewed); needs a clean scan of the statewide map.
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• Pennsylvania — Paul A. W. Wallace, Indian Paths of Pennsylvania (1965)
  Pennsylvania · Asking permission
  In copyright; permission requested from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
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• Alaska — first historic Native trails map
  Alaska · Researching
  Looking for a public-domain statewide source.
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• Hawaiʻi — ancient trails (ala loa) map
  Hawaii · Researching
  Looking for a public-domain source for the ala loa and mauka–makai trails.
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