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1960 Map of Christmans

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of Christmans
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1990
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1990

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The Lehigh River carves a deep, winding path through the heart of this Carbon County landscape, dictating the development of transportation and industry as seen at the turn of the 1960s. The northern end of Jim Thorpe serves as a focal point, where the river's bend at Oxbow Bend meets the Lehigh Valley RR and the Central RR of New Jersey. This corridor showcases the era's heavy reliance on rail and river, featuring the Rockport Tunnel and the strategic Penn Haven Junction where tracks converge.

Beyond the industrial riverbanks, the terrain rises into the protected timberlands of Hickory Run State Park and State Game Lands No 141. Small rural clusters like Christmansville and Unionville dot the high ground between Summer Mountain and Scrub Mountain. Genealogists will find value in the plotting of Evergreen Cem, German Cem, and the Immaculate Conception Ch near the boro boundary, marking the spiritual and communal centers of the era.