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1895 Map of Mooers

Name: 1895 Topographic Map of Mooers
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1895
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1895

About this map

The Chazy River and English River systems dominate this northern New York landscape, just south of the United States and Canada border. In the late nineteenth century, the region was defined by its railroad intersections and isolated industrial pockets. Mooers Junction serves as a critical transport hub where the Central Vermont RR meets the Delaware and Hudson Co. RR, facilitating the movement of timber and goods across the Mooers and Altona townships.

Local industry is evidenced by sites like Purdy Mill and the small settlements of Irona and Wood Falls along the riverbanks. The terrain becomes increasingly complex toward the south, marked by evocative local landmarks such as Rattlesnake Den, Leadmine Gully, and Black Hole near Pine Ridge. From the larger village of Mooers to the smaller crossroads of Jericho and Alder Bend, the map provides a clear picture of the Clinton County interior before twentieth-century modernization.