1934 Map of Kane

About this map

Kinzua Creek and the South Branch Kinzua Creek carve deep valleys through this portion of the Allegheny Plateau during the mid-1930s. The industrial character of the region is evident in the dense network of the Pennsylvania and Baltimore And Ohio railroads, which connect scattered timber and industrial settlements like James City and Ludlow. The map reveals the social infrastructure of the era, from the Northwestern Sch and Greendale Sch serving the borough of Kane, to the presence of a CCC Camp and Crystal Mineral Springs. For genealogists, the identification of smaller settlements like Windy City, McKinley, and Russell City De Young P.O. provides a precise geographical record of communities that supported the local extraction and manufacturing economies. This landscape reflects a moment when railroad transit still dictated the location of remote outposts like Sergeant and Dahoga before the modern highway system fully decentralized the region.