1901 Map of Margaretville

About this map

Margaretville and Arkville serve as central hubs in this early twentieth-century study of Delaware County, situated at the junction of the East Branch Delaware River and the Ulster and Delaware rail corridor. The map details a landscape defined by deep valleys or hollows, such as Weaver Hollow and Bragg Hollow, which dictated the placement of small hamlets and farmsteads. To the east, Griffin Corners and Fleischmanns sit at the foot of Fleischmann Mt., while the southern reaches are dominated by the high elevations of Balsam Roundtop and Graham Mt. near the Ulster County line. For those tracing historical land use, the map clearly delineates various water bodies like Alder Lake and Furlough Lake, alongside many family-named features and small settlements like Grant Mills and New Kingston that reflect the rural economy of the Catskills during this era.