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1923 Map of Santa Clara

Name: 1923 Topographic Map of Santa Clara
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1923
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1923

About this map

Santa Clara stands at the center of this 1920s landscape, where the lumber industry and early Adirondack tourism intersect. The Brooklyn Cooperage RR snakes through the western terrain, following the course of the St. Regis River and passing by industrial-era sites like Everton. This network of rails and primitive roads, including the Brooklyn Road and Northwest Bay Road, highlights a period when timber extraction was the primary economic driver of Franklin County.

Away from the rail lines, the map reveals a transition toward recreation and settlement. The Blue Mtn House and the clustering of schools like Fayetteville School and McCollom School point to established rural communities. Extensive water bodies such as Meacham Lake, Lake Titus, and Lake Duane dominate the eastern half, surrounded by peaks like Jennings Mtn and Rice Mtn. This survey captures the region just as the early automotive era began to reach these northern forests, connecting isolated outposts like Madawaska to the larger world.