Rare map goes to Library of Congress

Homuth of West Salem thought that he had the only intact copy of "Map of the Square and Stationary Earth" created by religious zealot Orlando Ferguson in 1893. That map of the "flat world" is heading to the Library of Congress, compliments of Homuth.

"It's history," he said. "It's goofy history, but it's history. And it belongs to the nation."

But before it was wrapped, packed and transported to Washington, D.C., the buzz generated from the map prompted discoveries of others, most of which were missing a piece of the original printed version.(library of congress)

"After some communication, it appears that we still have the only entirely intact copy of the map," Homuth said. "The discussion with (several online contacts) would seem to indicate that. The others are missing pieces or have been trimmed; ours has not."


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