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1959 Map of Terra Alta

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of Terra Alta
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1968
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1968

About this map

The town of Terra Alta serves as the focal point of this late-1950s survey, situated along the critical Baltimore and Ohio railroad corridor in Preston County. The map provides significant insight into the public health infrastructure of the era, prominently featuring the State Tuberculosis Sanitarium and its associated settlement at Hopemont. This complex, alongside the local High School, underscores the community's mid-century development.

Beyond the town, the landscape transitions into the steep ridges of the Briery Mountains, where a network of rural churches like Messenger Ch, Whitedale Ch, and White Oak Springs Ch anchor small highland communities. The map also documents active resource extraction through numerous Gas Wells and a Strip Mine near Freeport, while older industrial markers like the Lime Plant Sch and various Ash Dumps reflect the area's changing economic geography.