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1932 Map of Great Pond

Name: 1932 Topographic Map of Great Pond
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1940
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1940

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Amherst and North Mariaville anchor the settled portions of this interior Maine landscape, which was surveyed at the end of the 1920s. The region is defined by the West Branch Union River and a dense network of glacial features, most notably the prominent Horseback ridge stretching through the center of the sheet. Further east, the remote Great Pond P O serves as a small hub near the namesake Great Pond and Long Pond.

Tracing the rural infrastructure reveals a system of country schools like Pershing Sch and Monticello Sch, alongside logging-era landmarks such as Ledge Falls Dam. The presence of The Airline road indicates the early development of thoroughfares connecting these isolated townships. To the north, the terrain remains largely wild, punctuated only by seasonal outposts like KP Camp and Bragg Camp situated along the many brooks and ponds of Plantation No 33.