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1921 Map of Livingston Manor

Name: 1921 Topographic Map of Livingston Manor
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1952
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1952

About this map

The Beaver Kill and Willowemoc Creek define the rugged character of this Sullivan County landscape, serving as the focal points for early 20th-century industry and transport. The New York Ontario and Western RR winds through these valleys, connecting established mountain communities like Livingston Manor and Roscoe. The map reveals a specialized local economy through industrial markers such as an Acid Plant, Dye Works, and a Creosote Plant, which processed the region's timber resources.

Upland areas are densely dotted with family-named schools and small settlements, including the Ireland School, Morton Hill School, and the community of White Sulphur Springs. The drainage patterns of the Callicoon Creek and numerous glacial ponds like Tennanah Lake and Lake Uncas illustrate a geography defined by the Catskill foothills, where steep ridges like Rattle Hill and The Punchbowl separated isolated farmsteads and rural school districts.