1921 Map of Nicholville

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The East Branch St Regis River and its western counterpart carve through the densely wooded Adirondack foothills, defining the industrial and social life of this region in the early 1920s. Centered on the boundary of St Lawrence and Franklin counties, the map reveals a landscape transitioning from the riverside mills of St Regis Falls and Days Mill to the higher elevations of the southern interior. A remarkably dense network of numbered schoolhouses, such as School No 5 and the named Merchant Street School, indicates a well-distributed rural population connected by routes like the Turnpike and State Road. Recreation and timber interests are evident near Lake Ozonia and the Cooperage Club, while named peaks like Blue Mtn and Sugar Grove Mtn overlook a complex system of ponds and marshes including Wheeler Marsh and Sterling Pond.