1895 Map of Piedmont
USGS Topo · Published 1895About this map
Potomac River industrial centers and the rugged coal and timber lands of the Potomac Highlands are surveyed here during the late nineteenth-century expansion of the rails. The Baltimore and Ohio R.R. and the West Virginia Central and Pittsburgh R.R. snake through deep river valleys, connecting towns like Piedmont and Westernport to high-elevation timber and mining operations. This era is defined by the extraction economy, evidenced by the presence of the Rees Tannery and numerous small settlements such as Elk Garden, Sulphur City, and Gormania that grew around these industries.
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