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1997 Map of Christmans

Name: 1997 Topographic Map of Christmans
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1999
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1999

About this map

Jim Thorpe serves as the focal point for this late-1990s view of the Lehigh River corridor, where steep topography and water resources shaped local development. The map details the transition from the river's industrial and transport history at Penn Haven Junction to the recreational and forested uplands of Hickory Run State Park and Lehigh Gorge State Park. The landscape is characterized by a series of named peaks like Summer Mountain and Bald Mountain, which hem in the river and its tributaries such as Mud Run and Drakes Creek.

Genealogists and local historians will find significant detail in the cluster of burial grounds including German Cem, Evergreen Cem, and Immaculate Conception Cem. The infrastructure of the era is represented by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Toll Road, the Conrail line, and the Rockport Tunnel. Small settlements like Christmansville, Unionville, and Christmans appear as dispersed hamlets amidst the dense public lands of State Game Lands No 141 and Weiser State Forest.