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1931 Map of Mt. Chocorua

Name: 1931 Topographic Map of Mt. Chocorua
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1951
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1951

About this map

White Mountain National Forest dominates the northern half of this landscape, where the granite peaks of Mt Chocorua and Mt Passaconaway tower over a complex network of early 20th-century footpaths. The 1928 survey shows the rugged transition from the high wilderness of The Bowl down to the settled valley floors. In the southern lowlands, the communities of North Sandwich, Tamworth, and Center Sandwich reveal a rural economy organized around the Bearcamp River.

Industry and education are etched into the terrain through features like the Paugus Mill and several local schoolhouses, including Whiteface Sch and Fellows Sch. Transportation patterns are particularly striking, contrasting the recreational Woodbury Trail and Brook Trail with the industrial infrastructure of the Beebe River RR and the Old Mast Road. This survey, compiled in part from early Army Air Corps aerial photography, captures the era's mix of logging history, emerging tourism, and established farming hamlets.