1900 Map of Equinox

About this map

Equinox Mountain dominates the center of this southern Vermont landscape, rising sharply above the valley floor where the Batten Kill flows south toward Arlington. At the turn of the century, the region's development followed the water and rail, with distinct clusters of activity at Manchester Center and Manchester Depot along the Bennington and Rutland line. The map captures a transition from the industrial valley to the timbered heights of the Green Mountains, revealing remote mountain settlements like Kelley Stand and the uniquely named Kansas and East Kansas at the base of Glastenbury.