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1969 Map of Rathbun

Name: 1969 Topographic Map of Rathbun
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1986
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1986

About this map

Rathbun and Beechwood sit along the winding rail lines of Conrail in this northern Pennsylvania landscape, where industry and timber management intersect. The terrain is defined by deep drainages like Trout Run and Dents Run, which carve through the vast Elk State Forest and multiple designated state game lands. These protected areas, including State Game Lands No 293 and State Game Lands No 14, speak to the region's long-standing focus on conservation and public land use.

Evidence of the local resource economy is found in features like the Gas Well and the naming of local hollows, which suggest a history of specific land uses such as Hellfire Run and Sawdust Run. High points like Goetz Summit provide a geographic anchor for the townships of Benzinger, Shippen, and Benezette. The presence of the Saint Marys Airport on the western edge of the sheet indicates the area's mid-century modernization within this otherwise densely forested and hollowed topography.