1867 Beers Map Cold Spring (1 results)

Good. Some toning and creasing along old fold lines. Size 19 x 19 Inches. This is F. W. Beers' 1867 hand-colored map of the towns of Putnam Valley and Philipstown, along the Hudson River in Putnam County, New York. A Closer Look Coverage includes the towns of Philipstown and Putnam Valley with their constituent districts, color shaded for easy distinction, along with villages and hamlets, including Cold Spring and Garrison (here as 'Garrisons P.O.') along the Hudson River. The U.S. Military Academy at West Point sits directly across the Hudson from Garrison. Between Cold Spring and Garrison is 'Fort Constitution,' the site of fortifications during the Revolutionary War and the only part of the military academy on the east bank of the Hudson. Individual buildings are illustrated with their owners noted. Schools, mines, docks, waterways (including Oscawana Lake), and other features are labelled throughout. Numbers along roads signal their distances. Rail lines belonging to the Hudson River Railroad run north-south at left along the river. A small West Point Railroad runs to the West Point Mine towards top-right. An inset at top-left displays the hamlet of Oregon, located at bottom-center on the main map. In the margins, directories list businesses in Putnam Valley, Philipstown, and Garrison. Publication History and Census This map was prepared by Frederick William Beers and published in 1867 in the Atlas of New York and Vicinity from Actual Surveys . Six printings of this atlas were issued in 1867, which differ considerably from each other (analyzed in Barbara McCorkle's 1990 article 'The Strange Case of F. W. Beers and the Atlas of New York and Vicinity'). The present map appeared in three of these printings (see Rumsey 0063.026, 0064.033, and 4631.026). References: Rumsey 0063.026. Barbara McCorkle, 'The Strange Case of E.W. Beers and the Atlas of New York and Vicinity' (Meridian, 5:39-43).