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1891 Map of Harveys Lake

Name: 1891 Topographic Map of Harveys Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1962
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1962

About this map

Dutch Mountain and North Mountain dominate this late 19th-century survey of Northeastern Pennsylvania, where the landscape is defined by the steep drainage basins of Bowman Creek. At the center of the region’s development is the Lehigh Valley R.R., particularly its Bowman Creek Br. which connects the industrial timber and tanning operations of Noxen and Stull to broader markets.

To the southeast, the shore of Harveys Lake is dotted with early settlements like Laketon and Outlet, signaling its role as a regional anchor even before the post-war expansion. The map records several smaller family-named crossroads and hamlets such as Sweet Valley, Cease Mills, and Rittenhouse, many of which were centers for local farming or small-scale milling along the numerous runs and brooks that feed the Susquehanna watershed.