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1943 Map of High Market

Name: 1943 Topographic Map of High Market
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

Michigan Mills and the high country of the Tug Hill plateau define this landscape during the early 1940s. The area is characterized by an intricate network of waterways, including the headwaters of the Salmon River and its East Fork Salmon River, alongside the winding East Branch Fish Creek. Human settlement is sparse and concentrated at crossroads and small industrial outposts like High Market and Byron Corners.

Educational life in this rural stretch of Lewis County is marked by isolated landmarks such as School No 9 and School No 6, which served the scattered farming and timber families of the era. The mapping, based on 1942 aerial photography, captures the dense forest cover and numerous meadows like Broad Meadow that dictated the region's early mid-century economy before more modern infrastructure reached these upland townships.