1946 Map of Tiadaghton

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Pine Creek Gorge dominates this mid-century landscape, where the deeply carved canyon floor carries the Penn Central railroad through a wilderness of high ridges and narrow hollows. In the 1940s, life centered around the scattered settlements of Ansonia, Olmsville, and Tiadaghton, while the heights of the gorge were preserved within Colton Point State Park. The map reveals a high-plateau economy of small farms and remote outposts, notably at Sherman School and the Middle Ridge Church.