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1920 Map of Montgomery

Name: 1920 Topographic Map of Montgomery
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1920
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1920

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Missisquoi River valley life at the Vermont-Quebec border is detailed in this military survey, which documents a landscape defined by small clusters of settlement and timber-driven industry. The Canadian Pacific R. R. follows the river through Richford and Stevens Mills, while the interior of Montgomery is marked by a network of family-named junctions such as Marcy Corner, Hadds Corner, and Farrar Corner. These labels indicate a deeply rooted rural community where schoolhouses like Notch School and South School served isolated homesteads.

The terrain rises sharply toward Jay Peak and Montgomery Mt., where numerous waterways including Hannah Clark Brook and Tamarack Brook drain the highlands. The inclusion of Avery S Gore and various county lines reflects the complex administrative geography of the Green Mountains. This advance sheet captures the transition from high-mountain wilderness to the river-bottom farms and mills that sustained the local economy between the world wars.