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1923 Map of Santa Clara

Name: 1923 Topographic Map of Santa Clara
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1947
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1947

About this map

Santa Clara and the surrounding Adirondack wilderness define this early twentieth-century landscape, a territory where industrial timber and transit once dominated. The shifting nature of North Country infrastructure is evident in the New York Central Railroad (Abandoned) and the Brooklyn Cooperage RR, which served the region's logging and manufacturing interests. Settlement patterns are concentrated at isolated outposts such as Reynoldston, Gile, and Madawaska, while local life is further anchored by a network of rural schools like School No 5 and the McCollom School.

Water and mountains dictate the geography, from the meandering St Regis River and Deer River to the prominent heights of Elephants Head and Mt Immortelle. The presence of the Blue Mtn House near Blue Mtn suggests the era's burgeoning tourism and resort culture. Significant ponds and lakes, including Lake Duane, Lake Titus, and Meacham Lake, dot the terrain, while the Duane Center Duane P O marks a central hub for communications during the 1920s.