Verplanck Colvin maps of the Adirondack wilderness 1872-1900

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Verplanck Colvin maps of the Adirondack wilderness 1872-1900

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Verplanck Colvin and his field assistants created this series using the field notes they compiled during their survey of the Adirondack wilderness of New York. The majority of the maps are topographical or cadastral maps and typically show elements of the natural and built environment (such as lakes, rivers, ponds, mountains, roads, and railroads) as well as names of property owners, lot numbers, and pertinent landmarks used in land surveying.

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New York (State).Dept. of Environmental Conservation. Bureau of Real Property.

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James Frost was a surveyor in private business who also worked occasionally for New York State government. Some of Frost's first survey work included projecting and completing a plank road from Albany to Fort Hunter, and drafting one of the earliest maps of Schenectady County. In 1819 Frost began a survey of the eastern shore of the Hudson River, under the direction of the New York State Surveyor General. Frost's other survey work included surveying and creating maps of old Schohari...

Colvin, Verplanck, 1847-1920.

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