FUN WITH MAPS – ISSUE 2023-10 DAILY FEATURE:

By Steve Kovacs (Introduction by Chuck Gibson)

LOVELAND, OH (January 17, 2023) – After a one day hiatus to honor Martin Luther King Jr.,  Steve Kovacs’ Fun with Maps returns to celebrate an iconic American Automobile.             

Burn Rubber

Named after a maneuverable warship, the Chevrolet Corvette was introduced on January 17, 1953 – 70 years ago. 

An American car icon, the Corvette is now on its 8th design generation.  To many, the two-seat sports car represents freedom and adventure. 

It was first manufactured in Flint, Michigan, then St. Louis, and since 1981 in Bowling Green, Kentucky.  The Corvette Museum right off I-65 in Bowling Green is very much worth visiting, now that nearly a decade passed since a sinkhole swallowed several Corvettes on display in the museum…

Here is Carey & Lea’s early map from 1822 of Michigan, showing much of today’s eastern Wisconsin along Lake Michigan belonging to Michigan.

Steve Kovacs and his wife Theresa reside in Loveland, Ohio where they raised their two children. He is a passionate collector of antique maps.

Visit his antique map boutique world-on-paper online. Watch for his daily feature Steve Kovacs: Fun with Maps here on Loveland Beacon.