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1906 Map of Highmarket

Name: 1906 Topographic Map of Highmarket
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1948
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1948

About this map

Michigan Mills and the timber-driven landscape of the Tug Hill Plateau define this early twentieth-century survey. The logging industry is physically etched into the terrain by the path of the Glenfield and Western RR, which winds through the townships of Montague, Martinsburg, and Highmarket. This industrial presence is contrasted by small, isolated settlements like Hooker, Page, and Highmarket, many of which served as focal points for the region's scattered agricultural and forestry communities.

Water plays a central role in the geography, with the Mad River and its numerous tributaries—including One-mile Creek and Seven-mile Creek—carving deep into the highland. Researchers will find significant detail in the network of ponds such as Sears Pond and Widmer Pond, alongside rural crossroads like Byron Cors. The map records a specific era of Lewis County history before many of these smaller uplands settlements shifted or consolidated.