1949 Map of Dale

About this map

Attica Reservoir serves as a focal point in this Wyoming County landscape, where the waters of Stony Brook and Crow Creek cut through the high ground of the Genesee and Wyoming county border. The 1949 topography, based on 1942 aerial photography, reveals a rural economy organized around family-named corners and vital transit corridors like the Erie Railroad. Settlement patterns are distinctly concentrated at crossings such as Millers Crossing and Beehive Crossing, while the upland areas are marked by numerous small family and community burial grounds, including Brainard Cem, Hatch Cem, and Carlton Hill Cem. From the heights of Sulphur Spring Hill to the wetlands of Tamarack Swamp, the map documents a mid-century agricultural landscape defined by its specific geological features like Smith Gulf and Dersam Gulf.