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1947 Map of Marshlands

Name: 1947 Topographic Map of Marshlands
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

About this map

Deep valley cuts and forested peaks define this portion of the Pennsylvania Grand Canyon region, where the Pine Creek waterway flows past the settlement of Wellsville and the rail junction at Gaines Jct. This mid-century landscape reflects a community built around the narrow habitable corridors of the canyon floor, with institutions like the Maynard Sch and Phoenix Ch serving rural families along the creek banks.

A network of specialized pathways, including the Switchback Trail and Rexford Trail, provides evidence of earlier resource extraction or early recreational development across steep slopes like Elephant Mtn. The boundary between Potter and Tioga Counties bisects the western reaches of the map, cutting through numerous named hollows such as Acid Factory Hollow, which hints at the region's industrial past in wood chemical production.