1961 Map of Byer

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Wayne National Forest and the Richland Furnace State Forest dominate this early 1960s landscape, where industrial history and prehistoric sites meet. The Baltimore and Ohio railroad follows the winding path of Pigeon Creek, serving the small settlement of Byer (Byer June Sta) and the community at Ray. Near the village of Leo, the Leo Petroglyph State Memorial preserves ancient rock carvings on the edge of Washington township. For genealogists, the map is a dense record of family-named landmarks like Shoemaker Cem, Boblett Cem, and Harris Cem, alongside numerous strip mines that reveal the region's extraction economy. Further south, the map details the rural character of Savageville and Limerick, connected by a network of ridge-top roads and deep valleys like Buttermilk Hollow and Skunk Hollow.