Gouverneur New York Edwards Richville USGS Topo Map 1915
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Gouverneur New York Edwards Richville USGS Topo Map 1915

$85

Printed in its year of first publication, 1915, this USGS 15-minute topographic sheet is an antique in excellent condition, never folded and smooth and flat on thick stock, with lightly age-toned paper and a flawless map area. It takes in a stretch of St. Lawrence County in northern New York, with the town of Gouverneur giving the quad its name and the boundaries also including Edwards, Richville, and De Kalb. Surveyed in 1912 and 1913, before the modern highway system, it records the historic travel routes, rail lines, placenames, and the houses and structures known at the time, and comes from an uncommonly well-preserved collection; the reverse carries printed reference material about the mapping program.

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MAP DETAILS
TITLEGouverneur
STATENew York
LOCATION40 miles northeast of Watertown
SERIES15-minute
SURVEYED1912 and 1913 Field Survey
GEOGRAPHERR.B. Marshall
ENGRAVED1915
EDITION1915
PRINTED1915
SCALE1:62500
CONTOUR INTERVAL20 feet
SHEET DIMENSIONS16 1/2 x 20 inches
MAP DIMENSIONS12 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches
COVERAGE AREA12 x 17 miles
SOURCEFrom an uncommonly well-preserved collection
SHEET CONDITION
For maps of this vintage, effort is made to note all visible flaws, no matter how minor.
OVERALL CONDITIONExcellent
SHEET NOTESvery lightly handled, never folded, smooth and flat, lightly age-toned paper
MAP AREAflawless map area
COLLARSno wear or tears, no markings, hole punches along left collar
MAP COVERAGE
Quadrangle extent overlaid on current basemap.
BACKSIDE LEGEND
A map summary is printed on the back side of the Gouverneur sheet similar to the one shown in the picture. It outlines the history, purpose, and status of the USGS mapping program at the time of the printing in 1915. It also provides instructions on how to read contour lines and a description of how they are used to depict the terrain. At the bottom of the page is a legend showing all of the symbols used to represent the cultural, relief, and water features found on the map.

This antique sheet is a 1915 edition of the Gouverneur New York USGS topographic map. It is an authentic 111-year-old United States Geological Survey print in excellent condition.

HOW THIS MAP CAN BE USED
In addition to making a fascinating conversation piece, this sheet would look great in a frame or on display, make a unique and prized gift for anyone interested in this area, be perfect as a reference for genealogy studies or general historical research, or fill that missing piece in your collection.

FEATURES SHOWN ON THE MAP
The Gouverneur 15-minute map shows cities and towns, roads, railroads, rivers, creeks, elevation contour lines, public land survey lines, county, state, and other administrative boundaries as they existed at the time of the survey in 1912 and 1913. All known structures (houses, businesses, churches, schools, barns, cabins, etc) are also shown, with exceptions in some urban areas, where only landmark buildings may be shown.

A VALUABLE HISTORICAL RECORD
Maps from the 15-minute series for the continental United States are no longer produced or printed by the USGS and original prints are becoming increasingly difficult to find. They are a valuable historical record for an area, as they contain many placenames and features that have been dropped from more recent maps.

PLACENAMES
The following places are found within the boundary of this quadrangle. They may or may not be shown or labeled, depending on the map series and vintage.
* Cities and Towns-> De Kalb, Edwards, Gouverneur, and Richville
* Counties Covered-> St. Lawrence
* Rivers and Streams-> Anderson Creek, Barter Creek, Beaver Creek, Bennett Brook, Boland Creek, Brandy Brook, Carter Creek, Fish Creek, Hawkins CreekIndian Creek, and others
* Water Bodies-> Abbots Swamp, Beaver Lake, Bonner Lake, Cedar Lake, Chub Lake, Clear Lake, Huckleberry Lake, Little Mud Pond, Moon LakeMud Lake, and others

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