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1935 Map of Schunemunk

Name: 1935 Topographic Map of Schunemunk
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1935
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1935

About this map

Schunemunk Mountain dominates the center of this Orange County landscape, rising between the western valley of the Erie RR and the eastern highlands of the West Point Military Reservation. In the mid-1930s, this region was a complex network of industrial and rural life, where the West Shore RR and New York Ontario and Western RR converged near the Hudson River at Cornwall.

Tracing the foothills reveals numerous small schoolhouses like Huston Sch and Turkeytown Sch, alongside specialized sites like the Bull Mine and the sprawling Palisades Interstate Park. The map documents the intricate rail infrastructure of the era, including the Freight Line through Little Britain Sta and the busy junctions at Newburgh Junc, illustrating the transition from the riverfront industries of Firthcliffe to the inland agricultural and resort hubs of Monroe and Washingtonville.