1900 Map of Taconic

About this map

Hoosic River valley settlements serve as the focal point for this late nineteenth-century tri-state survey, where the industrial and transport corridors of New York, Vermont, and Massachusetts converge. The map documents a highly developed rail network crucial to the region's economy, including the Fitchburg R.R. and its passage through the engineering feat of the Hoosac Tunnel. Large manufacturing and trade centers like North Adams, Bennington, and Hoosick Falls are shown alongside smaller agricultural and milling hamlets like Stephentown and Berlin. The topography is defined by prominent elevations such as Mt Anthony and East Mountain, which separate the river valleys from the upland plateaus. For the local historian, the map preserves the location of vanished junctions and depots like Petersburg Junction, while genealogists can trace family-named terrain like Potter Hill and Bingham Hill during a period of peak rural settlement density.