1. I used the Tiger map server at
	http://tiger.census.gov/instruct.html
and by lots of trial and error made the background map of
the desired area and dimensions.  I turned off hiways and
places and turned on shorelines.  I saved this out to a .gif
file, and
2. converted it to a .bmp file with LView, then
3. edited it with Win95 Paint to delete unneeded parts, and
to add captions and additional boundary lines.
4. then saved it back as a .bmp file, and lastly,
5. used LView to convert it back to a .gif file

When I was doing the trial and error, I was modifying an html
page including the following (final version shown), which made
it easy to change one thing at a time and check the results.

<a href="http://tiger.census.gov/cgi-bin/mapgen/.gif? 
lat=34.95 
&lon=-81.50 
&ht=1.31 
&iht=810 
&iwd=770 
&on=states,counties 
&off=majroads 
&off=places 
&on=shorelin 
">Tryon map</a>

It could also have been made by getting *all* the following on
*one* line in your browser url window:
	http://tiger.census.gov/cgi-bin/mapgen/.gif?
	lat=34.95&lon=-81.50&ht=1.31&iht=810&iwd=770&on=states,counties
	&off=majroads&off=places&on=shorelin
using copy-and-paste.