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1899 Map of West Point

Name: 1899 Topographic Map of West Point
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1899
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1899

About this map

Hudson River navigation and mountain fortification define this late nineteenth-century survey, centered on the military significance of West Point and Ft. Putnam. The river corridor is a primary industrial artery, flanked by the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad and the West Shore Railroad, connecting riverfront settlements like Cold Spring and Peekskill. The map captures the transit-oriented development along the Albany Post Road, which links numerous smaller hamlets and family-named corners.

Away from the water, the landscape transitions into the steep elevations of Storm King, Bull Hill, and Anthony's Nose. To the east, the rural interior reveals the early mining history of the region at the Mahopac Mines. This survey documents a critical period when traditional agrarian life around Yorktown and Putnam Valley existed alongside the rising influence of institutional sites like the State Camp and the growing rail towns.