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1905 Map of Slide Mountain

Name: 1905 Topographic Map of Slide Mountain
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1941
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1941

About this map

Ashokan Reservoir dominates the northeastern corner of this terrain, its waters managed by the Chief Engineer of the Board of Water Supply. This 1903 survey preserves the landscape just as the reservoir's development began to reshape the local geography, showing settlements like West Shokan and Brodhead along its western banks. The interior is defined by massive peaks including Slide Mtn, Table Mtn, and Peekamoose Mtn, separated by deep hollows like Watson Hollow and Maltby Hollow.

Transport routes of the early twentieth century are well-defined, including the Ulster and Delaware RR skirting the northern waters and the Port Jervis and Kingston Div of the Ontario and Western RR following the Rondout Creek valley in the southeast. This corridor connects several hamlets such as Wawarsing and Kerhonkson, while higher mountain passes remain accessible only via routes like Gulf Road, which leads to the remote Peekamoose Lodge.