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1903 Map of Mettawee

Name: 1903 Topographic Map of Mettawee
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1913
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1913

About this map

The Champlain Canal and the Delaware and Hudson RR define the western transportation corridor of this region at the turn of the century, linking the industrial hubs of Granville and Greenwich to the wider commerce of the Hudson Valley. This landscape is a complex mix of agricultural valley settlements like Truthville, Slyboro, and Anaquassacook, and the prominent heights of the Taconic range. The survey reveals a dense network of local waterpower and industry, with labels like Chamberlain Mills and the Batten Kill indicating the importance of river systems to the local economy.

Moving east across the New York Vermont boundary, the terrain becomes increasingly complex as it rises toward Dorset and the Green Mountains. Small hamlets such as Rexleigh, Spraguetown, and Belcher are interspersed with family-named landmarks like Hedges Lake and Reynolds Hill. The mapping of the Rutland RR and the proximity to St. Catharine Lake highlight the area’s early twentieth-century character as a junction of transit and recreation.