1904 Map of Santanoni

About this map

The Mac Intyre Ironworks and the nearby Tahawus Club anchor the industrial and social history of this high wilderness region during the earliest years of the twentieth century. While much of the landscape is dominated by the soaring peaks of the Mac Intyre Mountains and Santanoni Mountain, the map reveals the specific footprints of human endeavor, including the Government Trail and the private Camp Santanoni on the shores of Newcomb Lake. The drainage patterns of the Hudson River and its headwaters at Henderson Lake are mapped in precise detail alongside narrow mountain routes like Indian Pass. This survey documents a transitional era when the High Peaks were shifting from a center of iron extraction to a premier destination for wilderness recreation and private forest preserves.