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1922 Map of Childwold

Name: 1922 Topographic Map of Childwold
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1922
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1922

About this map

Childwold and Hollywood serve as the primary human touchpoints in this remote landscape of the northwestern Adirondacks. Surveyed shortly after the Great War, the map captures a wilderness still defined by logging camps and seasonal retreats, such as Kildare Club No 16, Sullivan Camp, and Grishee Camp. The terrain is a complex network of water and marsh, dominated by the Jordan River and the high peak of Mount Matumbla.

Social life in this era centered around the Childwold School and the Shurtleff Hotel, providing a look at a time when the region was transitioning from a timber-driven economy to one focused on recreational sportsman's clubs. Notable landmarks like Augerhole Falls and the expansive Salisbury Marsh highlight the natural barriers that shaped early travel and settlement patterns between the townships of Hopkinton and Piercefield.