1904 Map of Wellsville

About this map

The Ohio River serves as the dominant artery of this 1904 survey, winding past the industrial riverfront of Wellsville. This river corridor was a critical junction of transport at the start of the century, where the Cleveland and Pittsburg R. R. and the Pennsylvania R. R. follow the water's edge, connecting the tri-state region of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Away from the valley, the landscape rises toward Round Knob, while numerous small crossings like Grimm's Bridge and sites such as Cannon's Mill indicate a rural economy built around the drainage of Little Beaver Creek. The map records a dense network of upland settlements including Calcutta and West Point, and riverside hamlets like Arroyo and Glasgow, reflecting the region's early twentieth-century transition from dispersed milling and farming toward concentrated rail-and-river industry.