1900 Map of Flintstone

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Wills Mountain and a series of parallel ridges dominate this 1898 survey of the Maryland and Pennsylvania borderlands, where the landscape dictated the path of early American transport. The C. & O. Canal and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad snake along the north bank of the Potomac River, serving as the primary arteries for a region defined by narrow valleys and gaps. Small settlements such as Oldtown and Patterson Depot appear as vital transit points at the turn of the century, while the presence of Iron Ore Ridge suggests the early industrial extraction that once supported the local economy.