1947 Map of Barton

About this map

Big Savage Mountain dominates this landscape along the border of Garrett and Allegany Counties, where the ridge-and-valley terrain transitions into the dense woods of the Savage River State Forest. The map documents a mid-century industrial environment concentrated along Georges Creek, where coal mining and transportation infrastructure shaped local life. Evidence of this extraction is visible at Caledonia Hill and several unnamed mines and strip mines dotting the slopes above Barton.