1898 Map of Lake Placid

About this map

John Browns Grave rests south of Newman, anchoring a landscape defined by the towering Sentinel Range and the high peaks of the Adirondacks. Surveyed in the 1890s, the map reveals a region of early tourism and isolated industrial activity, where the primary village centers of Lake Placid and Wilmington are connected by the winding Ausable River. To the north, the presence of West Kilns, Middle Kilns, and East Kilns points toward the era's charcoal and timber operations that fueled local iron production.