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Comparison of the 1805 map
and the 1875 Town map shows a tremendous amount of growth in the Town. Hamlets have grown up around town, and
schools were usually centrally located within each school district.
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Activity: Find Hamlets &
Villages. Each school district is a
different color– how many school districts?
How did this affect who you knew?
What other social centers were there?
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Changes in:
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A.Transportation & Geography:
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Turnpikes & plant roads improving movement between
population centers and markets.
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1810—Bellvale (later & Monroe) Turnpike
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c. 1811 Minisink & Warwick Turnpike
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Goshen and State Plank Road
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Warwick Valley Railroad in the 1860’s linking agricultural
products with wider markets, nearness to NYC.
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Exploitation of resources: Mt. Adam Granite Co., Iron mines.
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B. Technology:
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Inventions to improve the ability to produce & harvest more
from the land.
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Iron mines become more profitable.
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C. Environment: Draining
Black Dirt, Beaver & Muskrat Wars. See Snell’s Drowned Lands of the
Wallkill:
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http://www.albertwisnerlibrary.org/~wisner/Factsandhistory/History/DrownedLandsoftheWallkill.htm
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