Gouverneur New York Edwards Richville USGS Topo Map 1915

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Gouverneur New York Edwards Richville USGS Topo Map 1915

$52

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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SKU: 192 Categories: 15 Minute, New York

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MAP DETAILS
TITLE	Gouverneur
STATE	New York
LOCATION	40 miles northeast of Watertown
SERIES	15-minute
SURVEYED	1912 and 1913 Field Survey
GEOGRAPHER	R.B. Marshall
ENGRAVED	1915
EDITION	1915
PRINTED	1915
PRINT NOTES	Thick paper stock, includes woodland tint (green to indicate vegetated areas)
SCALE	1:62500
CONTOUR INTERVAL	20 feet
SHEET DIMENSIONS	16 1/2 x 20 inches
MAP DIMENSIONS	12 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches
COVERAGE AREA	12 x 17 miles
SOURCE	From an uncommonly well-preserved collection
MAP NOTES	Surveyed before the modern highway system, showing historic travel routes, rail lines, placenames, and all houses and structures known at the time.
SHEET CONDITION For maps of this vintage, effort is made to note all visible flaws, no matter how minor.
OVERALL CONDITION	Excellent
SHEET NOTES	very lightly handled, never folded, smooth and flat, lightly age-toned paper
MAP AREA	flawless map area
COLLARS	no 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.
PLACENAMES Depending on map series and survey date, all of the features listed below may not be shown on this map. This list contains features that currently exist or historically existed within the area covered by the map. The list can be used as a reference to determine if this map covers your area of interest. Placenames are listed alphabetically next to each feature type.
CITIES AND TOWNS (CURRENT)	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 Creek, Indian Creek, Merrill Creek, Mott Creek, Oswegatchie River, Pork Creek, Robinson Creek, Sawyer Creek, Shingle Creek, South Branch Beaver Creek, Tanner Creek, Turnpike Creek, and West Branch Oswegatchie River
WATER BODIES	Abbots Swamp, Beaver Lake, Bonner Lake, Cedar Lake, Chub Lake, Clear Lake, Huckleberry Lake, Little Mud Pond, Moon Lake, Mud Lake, Mud Pond, Myers Swamp, Osborn Lake, Sylvia Lake, Trout Lake, and Wolf Lake
Locations: Halls Corners and Staplin Corners. Administrative Boundaries: Town of De Kalb, Town of Hermon, Town of Edwards, Town of Fowler, and Town of Gouverneur. Mountains, Peaks, and Summits: Battle Hill, Fullerville Sands, Hailes Hopyard, Hand Hill, Huckleberry Mountain, Poplar Hill, and Reservoir Hill. Drainages: Anderson Creek, Bennett Brook, Boland Creek, Brandy Brook, Carter Creek, Hall Creek, Indian Creek, Island Branch, Matoon Creek, Merrill Creek, Mott Creek, Pork Creek, Robinson Creek, Sawyer Creek, Shingle Creek, South Branch Beaver Creek, Turnpike Creek, West Branch Oswegatchie River, and White Creek. Islands: Snowshoe Island. Mines: Number 2 Shaft and Number 3 Shaft. Churches: Fullerville Church, North Gouverneur Church, and Welch Church. Hospitals: Noble Hospital. Lakes and Ponds: Bonner Lake, Cedar Lake, Chub Lake, Clear Lake, Huckleberry Lake, Little Mud Pond, Moon Lake, Mud Pond, Osborn Lake, Sylvia Lake, Trout Lake, and Wolf Lake. Bridges: Peabody Bridge and Rock Island Bridge. Airports: Hendricks Field and Ryders Skyport Airport. Swamps: Myers Swamp. Schools: Billings School, Days School, East Side School, Fowler School, Grays School, and West Side School. Ridges: Moss Ridge. Flats: Spooner Flat. Towers: WGIX-FM (Gouverneur) and WIGS-AM (Gouverneur).
SHIPPING AND RETURNS
This map sheet will be carefully rolled in a sturdy tube and shipped via the US Postal Service. If you find that the sheet you receive is not as described in the listing, you may ship it back to us for a refund of the purchase price.

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.