1903 Map of Lassellsville

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St. Johnsville and its industrial corridor along the N.Y.C. and H.R.R.R. anchor the southern edge of this Adirondack foothills survey. The landscape transitions from the developed valley into a high country of numerous water bodies like Pleasant Lake and Spectacle Lakes. In the early twentieth century, the interior of Fulton Co. was marked by small milling nodes such as Newkirk Mills and Glasgow Mills, along with distinct rural enclaves like the Irish Settlement and Middle Sprite. Topography varies from the steep slopes of Rooster Hill and Sheeley Mt. to the farm-strewn flats of Oppenheim and Ephratah. Genealogists will find interest in localized family-named crossroads including Phipps Corners, Fical Corners, and Dempster Corners, which define the social geography of the era before modern highway consolidation.