1936 Map of West Point

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The West Point Military Reservation and the winding Hudson River dominate this mid-1930s landscape, illustrating the intersection of military tradition, industrial transport, and the early preservation of the Hudson Highlands. Beyond the granite heights of Bear Mountain and Storm King Mtn, the map reveals a complex infrastructure of the era, from the path of the Catskill Aqueduct to the New York Central RR tracks hugging the shoreline. This period shows a transition toward leisure and conservation, evidenced by the establishment of Clarence Fahnestock Memorial Park and the rugged path of the Appalachian Trail. Locally significant sites such as Mahopac Mines and the historic Continental Village appear alongside numerous rural schools like the Manitou Sch and Foshay Sch, documenting the distributed communities of Putnam Valley and Yorktown before modern suburbanization transformed the region.