1955 Map of Texas

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Mexico Bay and the shoreline of Lake Ontario dominate this mid-century survey of the New York coast, revealing a landscape defined by seasonal lakeside settlements and low-lying wetlands. Small shoreline clusters like Shore Oaks, Pleasant Point, and Demster Beach are connected by the inland North Road, which skirts the edge of Butterfly Swamp. Near the mouth of the Little Salmon River, the Spy Island Historical Site marks a point of local significance at Mexico Point. The interior shows the transition from the lakeside hamlet of Texas to the rural townships of Scriba and New Haven, characterized by winding creeks like Catfish Creek and Otter Branch that feed into the bay. This document preserves the late-period planetable mapping of the Oswego County shoreline before modern residential expansion altered the character of these historic summer landings.