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1900 Map of Fulton

Name: 1900 Topographic Map of Fulton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1918
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1918

About this map

The Oswego River serves as the industrial and navigational spine of this turn-of-the-century landscape, flanked by the vital Oswego Canal and a dense network of competing rail lines. At the center of this corridor, Fulton and Oswego Falls appear as concentrated hubs of activity, where the river's power and the intersection of the New York Ontario and Western R. R. meet. To the west, Lake Neatahwanta provides a prominent natural landmark near the edge of the Hannibal boundary.

Away from the river, the interior of Oswego County is defined by an agricultural and rural settlement pattern, with small hamlets such as Palermo, Volney, and Gilbert Mills connected by an intricate web of country roads. The northern portion of the map reaches the shores of Lake Ontario, showing the drainage of Catfish Creek and the Little Salmon River. This 1900 survey captures the region just before the automotive age, when the local economy relied heavily on the proximity of water power and the steel rails of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western R. R.