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1939 Map of Meyersdale

Name: 1939 Topographic Map of Meyersdale
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1961
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1961

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The Casselman River carves a deep path through this portion of Somerset County, serving as the industrial and transit corridor for the Baltimore and Ohio RR and the Western Maryland RR. This 1939 era landscape is defined by the extraction economy of the Laurel Highlands, with the Wilson Creek Mines, Allegheny Mines, and Vogel Mine clustered near the valley floors. Higher elevations are dominated by the ridge of Glade Mountain and the summit at Mt Davis, which marks the highest point in Pennsylvania.

Rural life is meticulously documented through numerous family-named landmarks and local institutions. Small communities like Rockwood, Garrett, and Salisbury are connected by a network of country roads such as Plank Road. Genealogists will find significant detail in the placement of the Gnagney Sch, Walker Sch, and St Pauls Ch, alongside scattered mills including Comptons Mill and Engles Mill that once anchored these upland hamlets.