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1905 Map of Slide Mountain

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

USGS Topo · Published 1905

About this map

Slide Mtn and the surrounding high peaks of the Catskills dominate this topographic survey, which captures the region's transition from the wilderness heights of Shandaken to the settled valley floors of Rochester and Wawarsing. The 1905 landscape is defined by the steep drainage basins of the Rondout Creek and the West Branch Neversink Creek, where small hamlets like Sundown and Denning sit isolated at the base of summits such as Peekamoose Mtn and Samson Mtn.

In the southeast, the New York Ontario and Western RR follows the Rondout Creek through Kerhonkson and Wawarsing, providing a vital industrial link to the more agricultural lowlands near Mettacahonts and Liebhardt. The map preserves the location of Peekamoose Lodge and Vernooey Falls alongside numerous family-named peaks and hollows, documenting a time when these rugged uplands were still primarily navigated by the Gulf Road and forest trails.