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1944 Map of Du Bois

Name: 1944 Topographic Map of Du Bois
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1944
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1944

About this map

Coal and timber interests define this mid-century landscape where Jefferson and Clearfield counties meet. The industrial heart of the region is centered on the railway junctions at DuBois and Falls Creek, where lines of the Pennsylvania RR, Baltimore and Ohio RR, and Pittsburgh and Shawmut RR converge to move resources from the interior. Evidence of the mining economy is visible at Eleanora Mines and the surrounding worker settlements like Coal Glen and Pardus.

The rural uplands are meticulously detailed with dozens of one-room schoolhouses, including the Beechwoods Sch, Morrison Sch, and Watts Sch, which served the scattered farming communities of Sugar Hill and Warsaw. Small post offices and stations such as Sandy Valley PO Sherwood Sta and Beechtree mark the transition from remote forest and hill country to the bustling valley bottoms where Sandy Lick Creek and Lick Run have carved paths for the region's early development.