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1924 Map of Camels Hump

Name: 1924 Topographic Map of Camels Hump
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1942
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1942

About this map

The Green Mountains dominate this 1920s landscape, centered on the high peaks of Camels Hump, Mt Ethan Allen, and Mt Ira Allen. Human activity follows the corridors of the Winooski River and the Mad River, where the Central Vermont railroad and the Theodore Roosevelt International Highway serve as the primary conduits for commerce and travel between Waterbury and Richmond. The map reveals a network of rural schoolhouses, such as Fiddock School and Duckee School, which supported dispersed communities like Hanksville and Duxbury.

In the eastern portion of the sheet, the State Hospital for the Insane is visible near Waterbury, a significant regional landmark for the era. High-altitude structures like Dinsmoor Lodge and Montclair Glen Lodge near Wind Gap suggest the early development of mountain recreation and trail systems. The detailed contouring illustrates the steep gaps and notches, including Bolton Notch and Nebraska Notch, which constrained early transportation routes to the narrow valleys.