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1900 Map of Flintstone

Name: 1900 Topographic Map of Flintstone
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1922
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1922

About this map

Potomac River valley life at the turn of the century is defined here by the parallel transport corridors of the C. & O. Canal and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. This 1898 survey traces the complex industrial and transit network through the Appalachian ridges, where the Penna. R. R. and several turnpikes navigated the gaps between Evitts Mountain and Warrior Mountain.

Smaller settlements and rural junctions like Oldtown, Patterson Depot, and Cooks Mills serve as focal points for local history, while the map reveals the era's reliance on water and rail at South Branch Depot. The presence of numerous named hollows, such as Frog Hollow and Round Bottom Hollow, along with various sawpits and mills like Wolfe Mill, provides a detailed look at the resource-based economy of late 19th-century Maryland and West Virginia.