Hi Susan,Stan and other members
My name is Steve and I am from west central minnesota. I do
ancient viking research and have found an interesting map that members
may not have. There are a set of 48 maps that are the original land
survey from the mid 1800,s. These maps cover an area from the dakota
minnesota border, east thru wisconsin and Michigan. They are very
detailed and the whole set is over $200. Each map is 2x3 and is $5 and
can be ordered separately. These maps are copywrited and so can be
only purchased from the Trygg Land Office in Ely minnesota...

http://www.trygglandoffice.com/maps.html

These maps have been a great help in my research. They show clearly
the higher water marks that the first settlers were encountering and
the waterways that were once the highways to the interior.

In the last year I have began viewing the glass not as half full or
half empty but as FULL and the midwest covered by water and large
shallow inland seas. I started with an all blue picture and then
started dropping the waters and mapping the islands as they began to
emerge. Soon I could then see the remains of these inland seas and
ancient waterways on the trygg land maps.

On the (KRS) kensington runestone, the last line says, "from this
island,year 1362"..... ISLAND???.Where was the water???

I have tried this last year to picture the more extreme high waters
that would correspond with the different dates. Norse explorers of
1362, viking explorers of a 1000 years ago and then even more ancients
of 2-5 thousand years ago.

In july I found a new higher water mark and have begun mapping these
beaches. I am working on these maps this winter and mapping these
islands as the ancients would have found them.

Thanks and happy hunting in the new year.

STEVE