The map I have so far is a very basic one that uses the information on individual soldiers that Victoria was able to acquire from the Dickenson County Historical Society. I attempted to place a pin for each soldier in the place that he was born according to his bio. It would obviously be difficult to say how accurate the pins are but because residents of Dickenson County name so many of their small, isolated communities I would estimate that the pins are probably accurate within about a mile radius, but that is really just a guess. What I like about this map is that it shows where each individual soldier came from within the county and also gives the viewer an easy to access look at some information on the soldier taken from his bio. I also added the location of the Memorial High School building in Clintwood that is still in use as well as the writing on the “Roll of Honor” that dedicates the school to the county’s World War I veterans. One thing that will immediately make the map better will be adding a few of the photos that I took when Victoria and I visited the school last week. I also have pictures from another memorial in Clintwood and one in Haysi that have the names of some of these same soldiers that could be added. It will also be very helpful to add the photos of the soldiers themselves that we received from the historical society, and I hope to get those added by the end of the week. There were some soldiers that I had information on but did not add because I wasn’t sure where they were actually from in the county so hopefully I can figure that out soon as well. This map has the potential to be a useful tool and I hope that Victoria and I can continue to improve on it as we learn new things about our area and come up with new ideas.
Two things to make your map visible to the rest of us. 1) Make the map public. 2) Embed the map in the post.
Sorry for not doing that to begin with. It should be fixed now.