1921 Map of Lincoln Mountain

About this map

Waitsfield and Warren center this survey of the Green Mountains as they appeared during the late 1910s. The landscape is defined by the high ridge of the Long Trail, where hikers would have stopped at Battell Lodge or Proctor Lodge near the high peaks of Mt Abraham and Mt Ellen. The valley of the Mad River serves as the primary corridor for settlement, linking Irasville and Moretown through a network of rural schoolhouses such as the Robinson School and South Hill School. Notable mountain passes like Appalachian Gap and Lincoln Gap provide the only breaks in the north-south granite spine. The map records a time when the upper reaches of the Third Branch White River were home to remote encampments like Paddledock Camp, highlighting the area's transition between an agricultural valley economy and the wilder high-elevation terrain.