1941 White Mountain National Forest map

[RoySwkr]

I have scanned this map in sections and posted them at http://s92966274.onlinehome.us/wmnf1941/index.htm

Each section is ~500K so don't expect a quick download on a dialup line

There are 500 numbered trails in the Forest (more than today) but fewer roads and less Federal land

 

[Orphic Seth]

Very neat. I could be here a long while looking at these things. Thanks.

 

[stopher]

Thanks, Roy. Nice map! What caught my attention was all the orange/brown colored areas which the legend says is closed to public use. Sure would have put a crimp on my bushwhackin!

 

[darren]

The Kanc is "missing". Cool....

- darren

 

[kltilton]

It also shows the WIlderness Trail as a working railroad. Pretty cool.

 

[Waumbek]

The '38 hurricane certainly did a job on the WMNF! I think the marked areas were closed both because of fire danger from slash and because timber salvage operations were underway. I read somewhere recently that all-women logging crews worked in that salvage operation but I can't recall where.

Now I remember: it's in the most recent issue of the New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources newsletter, the Old Stone Wall, which is not yet archived.

 

[Stan]

For you fellow mapophiles, here's something that can engage you for hours!

UNH archive of USGS maps of NE and NY