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1923 Map of Howard

Name: 1923 Topographic Map of Howard
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1923
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1923

About this map

Bald Eagle Mountain and the fertile Nittany Valley dominate this early 1920s survey of the Clinton County landscape. The industrial and transport patterns of the era are clearly etched into the terrain, with the Pennsylvania Railroad following the banks of the West Branch Susquehanna River and the Central Railroad of Pennsylvania serving the southern valley. Small settlements such as Orviston and Blanchard are connected by the developing New York State Highway and several state routes.

A high density of rural schoolhouses, including the Munn School, Hubbard School, and Sugar Run School, reflects a decentralized educational system before the era of district consolidation. Notable landmarks such as Coffin Rocks Tower and the Eagleton Fields provide specific points of interest for local historians, while the network of mountain runs like Tangascootack Creek and Marsh Creek define the complex drainage of the region.