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1959 Map of Zirconia

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of Zirconia
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1972
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1972

About this map

Lake Summit and the Green River anchor this 1959 topographic record of the mountainous borderlands where North and South Carolina meet. The Southern railroad line threads through the northern portion of the sheet, serving Zirconia (Tuxedo Station) and the community of Tuxedo. The landscape is defined by the high elevations of the Blue Ridge Divide and the Saluda Mountains, a terrain that heavily influenced the development of numerous youth and social camps including Camp Arrowhead, Camp Green Cove, and the Elks Club Camp.

Significant genealogy markers appear throughout the valleys, with several family-named landmarks and rural institutions such as the Mullinax Cem, Bane Ch, and Mountain Valley Sch. To the south, the Poinsett Reservoir dominates the drainage of the North Saluda River, showing the infrastructure of the Intake Tower and nearby Camp Old Indian. The map captures a moment when timbered slopes and river-fed reservoirs supported both industrial rail transport and a growing regional recreation economy.