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"Pioneer cemeteries and the settlement frontier in nineteenth-century Iowa: insights from HGIS"

"Pioneer cemeteries and the settlement frontier in nineteenth-century Iowa: insights from HGIS". Gail Brown Adviser: Deryck Holdsworth. Introduction. What is Historic GIS?. Louisiana Purchase. Iowa Boundaries 1840. Final Study Area. Study Area and Major Sites. Cemetery Focus.

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"Pioneer cemeteries and the settlement frontier in nineteenth-century Iowa: insights from HGIS"

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  1. "Pioneer cemeteries and the settlement frontier in nineteenth-century Iowa: insights from HGIS" Gail Brown Adviser: Deryck Holdsworth

  2. Introduction • What is Historic GIS?

  3. Louisiana Purchase

  4. Iowa Boundaries 1840 Final Study Area

  5. Study Area and Major Sites

  6. Cemetery Focus

  7. Define Cemetery • Places where dead people were buried Photo by Photographic Services, University of Iowa.

  8. Define Time

  9. Data Sources • Andreas Atlas maps from 1875 • Iowa Abandoned Towns, David Mott 1930 • A dictionary of Iowa place names, Thomas Savage, 2007 • Iowa grave stone project • Census data from the 1900s

  10. Andreas Atlas Data

  11. Post Offices, Towns, and Cemeteries Cemetery P.O. Town

  12. Andreas Cemetery and State Historical Society Same Same?

  13. State Data with Andreas Plats

  14. Cemetery Data

  15. Spatial Relevance

  16. Conclusion • I have know what of knowing if using GIS to map pioneer cemeteries will show patterns of historical significance. If it does, I think my next step will be to work within the framework of the earliest settled counties in Iowa along the Mississippi River. I have contact with several counties that do have pioneer cemeteries listed and it may be possible to begin with those.

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