This bird's eye view of Frankfort shows us the seat of government in 1871. The state capitol building is located near the center of the map and is represented in an inset drawing. The second inset highlights the three- story public school building. There are steamboats on the Kentucky river and trains using the railroad bridges indicating that the city is a hub of commerce. Also included is the state prison on the left.

Bird's eye views were very popular in the 19th century, just as aerial and satellite photography is now. These maps allowed a cartographer to use his skill and imagination to lay out a city on a topographical map. This particular map shows Paris, Kentucky and a section of Bourbon county. There are farms, railroads, churches and race tracks; rivers, hills and bluffs all under a blue sky.

Plate #34 removed from an unidentified atlas. This page presents full color maps of Louisville, Kentucky and New Orleans, Louisiana. It is interesting to be able to compare the layout of these two river cities.

The complete title of this map is: Plan of a Proposed Rural Town, to be Called Hygeia, the Property of W. Bullock on the River Ohio, Kentucky, in the United States of America. Like Franklinville and Lystra, Hygeia was never built. It is a larger and more detailed plan for a town and includes many public spaces and lots laid out to imitate the river bend it was to be built on.

Founded in 1799, this plat of Glasgow shows the courthouse, property owners and numbered lots, ca. 1805. Names on the map:

Bell, ?
Bransford, Thomas
Byle, F.
Cockrill, Travis
Crenshaw, Bill
Crouch, C.R.
Cutcher, Henry
David, J.G.
Depp, Elizabeth
Dodd, Hardin
Everett, William
Ewing, Mary
Frank, Esther
Gorin, Mrs. I.W.
Gorin, Thomas
Hanford, W.E.
Harlenson, Samuel
Helm, Thoams
Huggins, Z. R.
Jeffers, James
Jones, W.
Kilgore, W.B.
Lawless, Burwell
Levi, Louis
McFerren, W.R.
McMurry, W.H.
Mimford, W.E.
Musgrove, H.
Priddy, R.C.
Rogers, George
Rogers, Jonathan
Sampson, William
Thompson, C.G.
Tompkins, Christopher
Trabue, Geoge
Wade, W.E.

This small 5" x 8 1/4" plan is like that for Franklinville, created as a promotional and sale document and just like Franklinville, Lystra was not built. The plan includes a church, college, town hall, park and a market. The streets were to be 100 feet wide and the town was divided into 133 lots. The exact planned location is not known. It is believed to be near Gleanings, Kentucky.

Small plan 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" of Franklinville in Mason County. Each square represents sixteen house lots, each with 100 feet in front and 200 feet deep. The streets are named for states, presidents and prominent Kentuckians intersected by streets named for trees. Public parks were included as well. This proposed town was to be situated between the north and middle forks of the Kentucky river. This map was created as a promotional tool in selling lots, however, the scheme failed and the town was never built.

Area of Smiths Grove bounded by First, College, Second and Main Streets showing lots to be sold. The large lot shows buildings such as an ice house, barn and residence. Map was created to be informational and promotional for the sale of lots.

Map showing flood zone of the 1937 Ohio River flood in Louisville. The map features insets of new streets, parks, public buildings, homes and flood memories.

Visitor map from WKU's website.

Topographical model of WKU based on the Master Plan Committee's report. It stands 10 1/2 inches tall and is 55 inches x 37 inches.

1973 long range development plan for WKU. Existing buildings are in brown and proposed buildings are in yellow. A digitized copy of this map is available at: http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_records/24

1965 long range development plan for WKU. Existing buildings are in pink. Proposed buildings are in red.

Aerial photograph of WKU campus, from center left to lower right: Veterans Village, open field, main campus complex on hilltop includes old football stadium, Schneider Hall, Helm Library, Potter Hall, Van Meter, Gordon Wilson Library, Cherry Hall, College High / Training School, Garrett and the Kentucky Building.

Map showing property owners surrounding the college. Owners include J.R. Alexander, ? Bagby, ? Bailey, J.I. Blewitt, A.C. Burton, ? Cabell, J.H. Clagett, Charlie Cole, William Cox, ? Crump, H.E. Dawson, D.V. Deaving, E.A. Diddle, B.C. Foster, C.D. Herdman, J.B. Hines, W.T. Hines, Mattie Lewis, Wallace Loving, B.F. Proctor, Potter College, A.M. Stickles, and BobTaylor. UA30/1/1 OS Box 1 F23. Available online at: http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_records/81

A home in the Cherryton section of WKU campus.

One of the sixty or so homes that was built in Cherryton.

Cherryton was Henry Cherry's housing plan for staff and students. 68 small homes were built in the wooded area of on the back slope of campus. See also http://digitalcommon.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_records/79/

Henry Wright's original plan for Western Kentucky University. Most of the buildings were not constructed. For additional information see A Century of Spirit - Campus Planning.