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1935 Map of Flat Gap

Name: 1935 Topographic Map of Flat Gap
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1935
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1935

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Black Mountain and Indian Mountain define the high ridgelines of this 1935 advance sheet, where the Kentucky-Virginia state line follows the crest of the range. The landscape is shaped by the headwaters of the Guest River, with numerous family-named hollows and forks like Wampler Hollow and Steve Horn Branch carving into the slopes.

Resource extraction and early utilities are evident through the Powell Mc Corkle Lumber Company Tramway winding through the hills and the Old Dominion Power Co Transmission Line cutting across the southern sector. Small community centers are marked by the Lipps settlement and remote educational sites such as Hunsucker Sch and Pinnacle Gap Sch. The height of land at Buck Knob provides a critical vantage point over the Letcher and Wise County borderlands during this era of intensive timbering.