1902 Map of Schunemunk

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The Schunemunk Mountain ridge dominates this 1902 survey, serving as a geological spine that separates the industrial riverfront from the interior dairy and iron-mining lands of Orange County. Along the Hudson River, the map documents the bustling waterfront at Cornwall Landing and Cornwall on the Hudson, where the Shore R.R. connects shoreline commerce to the interior. Moving west, the landscape transitions into a dense network of rail lines, including the Erie R.R. and the Ontario and Western R.R., which intersect at vital junctions like Vailsgate Junc. and serve agrarian centers like Washingtonville. To the south, the industrial history of the Highlands is evident in features like the Bull Mine and the Forest of Dean, highlighting an era when local resource extraction was as central to the economy as the rail-borne trade.