
Middletown serves as the primary urban hub on this Orange County landscape, where the Erie RR and the New York Ontario and Western RR intersect. The map illustrates a dense network of early 20th-century transportation and agriculture, characterized by the expansive black dirt farming regions surrounding the Wallkill River. Notable water management is evident through the Commissioners Ditch, a major drainage project designed to reclaim fertile bottomlands for cultivation.
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1888 · Franklin
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1891 · Greenwood Lake
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1891 · Ramapo
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1893 · Greenwood Lake
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1893 · Ramapo
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1894 · Franklin
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1897 · Franklin
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1902 · Schunemunk
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1903 · Newburg
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1903 · Franklin Furnace
USGS Topo · 1:62,500