![]() Joining Homuth, Speaect and the Pioneer Museum of Hot Springs' maps, the acknowledgement of Keyser's map makes a total of four known "Maps of the Square and Stationary Earth." "(Speaect's) grandmother was the last postmaster for Oral, South Dakota, and my great-grandfather was the first postmaster there," Keyser said. ![]() The two couldn't believe the connection, but it doesn't end there, Keyser said. Keyser's grandfather, Harry Oral Henderson, who went to school in Hot Springs through the eighth grade, was given the map sometime during his schooling.Īnd it just so happens that Keyser's grandfather is the namesake of Oral, S.D., and the hometown of Speaect. Then I had him look up at the wall and said, 'That's it.'" "So I opened it up and read it and thought it was kind of fun, so I got my husband and I made him read it, and he thought it was neat. "I saw this 'Hot Springs mapmaker' headline," she said. Keyser, who is originally from Gordon, Neb., was going through her usual routine checking her hometown's online news source. , Speaect found another "Map of the Square and Stationary Earth" owner - Jeanie Keyser of Hanford, Calif. On the side, via a thread discussing Homuth's map on the There are a couple holes in it, but I had it matted and framed, and it's been on my wall ever since."Īfter hearing about Homuth's article from his father, Speaect then emailed Robert Morris, senior technical information specialist in the Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress, about his map - and then Speaect got in touch with Homuth. ![]() "I took it to my grandmother, but she had no recollection of it. "I found (the map) in an old trunk of my grandparents', in a barn," he said.
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