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1906 Map of Highmarket

Name: 1906 Topographic Map of Highmarket
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1915
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1915

About this map

Michigan Mills and the winding corridor of the Glenfield and Western RR anchor this detailed study of the Tug Hill region during the early twentieth century. The landscape is defined by an intricate network of watercourses, including the Deer River, Fish Creek, and numerous family-named brooks such as Streday Brook and Milligan Creek. Small settlements and crossroads like Highmarket, Hooker, and Byron Cors are connected by early thoroughfares including Flatrock Road and French Road.

Logging and small-scale industry are implied by the presence of Michigan Mills and the specialized rail line cutting through the township of Montague. For researchers of Lewis County history, the map provides a clear look at the distribution of remote farmsteads and rural dwellings near features like Sears Pond and Widmer Pond, illustrating the settlement patterns before modern reforestation and demographic shifts altered this highland terrain.