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1910 Map of Stony Creek

Name: 1910 Topographic Map of Stony Creek
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1929
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1929

About this map

The Sacandaga River and its numerous branches dominate this early twentieth-century landscape, carving through high Adirondack peaks and supporting a network of small, isolated settlements. Surveys conducted in 1907 and 1908 reveal the established logging and hunting camps of the era, such as Wadsworth Camp and Buck Mountain Camp, alongside remote post offices like West Stony Creek PO. The terrain is characterized by a dense concentration of small water bodies and wetlands, including Harrisburg Lake, Cotton Swamp, and Mosher Fly, which shaped the early paths and boundaries between Hamilton, Warren, and Saratoga counties.

Concentrated pockets of habitation such as Tennantville and Hope Falls appear as small hubs in a region otherwise defined by high elevations like Georgia Mtn and Bearpen Peak. This map provides a clear record of the area before modern infrastructure, showing the precise locations of long-standing family-named sites like Mason Hill and Deming Hill and the original orientations of communities like Bakertown and Knowelhurst before later regional developments altered the river valleys.