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1929 Map of Tyrone

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

USGS Topo · Published 1929

About this map

Tyrone serves as a major industrial and rail hub where Bald Eagle Creek meets the Little Juniata River. The corridor follows the Pennsylvania Railroad as it snakes through narrow gaps in Bald Eagle Mountain, connecting industrial hamlets like Union Furnace and Birmingham. The landscape is dominated by the steep ridges of Tussey Mountain and Canoe Mountain, which define the broad agricultural expanses of Warriors Mark Valley and Spruce Creek Valley.

Evidence of early local industry and education is scattered across these rural valleys, from Graziers Mill to isolated one-room schoolhouses like Rural Choice Sch and Oakland Sch. In the southeast, the Juniata River flows past Alexandria and Petersburg, where a historical Aqueduct marks a critical point in the region's transport network. This 1920s-era survey by Albert Pike captures the intricate balance between the dense valley floor settlements and the high, undeveloped ridges.