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1959 Map of Karthaus

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of Karthaus
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1968
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1968

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West Branch Susquehanna River carves a deep, winding path through this corner of Central Pennsylvania, defining the border between Clearfield and Centre counties. The 1959 landscape is heavily shaped by extractive industry and isolated rural hamlets. Extensive strip mines scar the ridges above the river bends, particularly near Moshannon and Karthaus, where the N Y C railroad line and Karthaus Station once anchored the local economy.

Settlement patterns reveal the area's ethnic and social history through names like German Settlement and Cooper Settlement. Remote mountain churches and burial grounds, such as St Severins Cem near Drifting, remain as important markers for genealogists. To the northeast, the terrain transitions into the protected wilderness of State Game Lands No 100, while the deep gorge of Moshannon Creek snakes through the southern half of the quadrangle.