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.
	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?
	Changes in:
	A.Transportation & Geography:
	Turnpikes & plant roads improving movement between population centers and markets.
	1810—Bellvale (later & Monroe) Turnpike
	c. 1811 Minisink & Warwick Turnpike
	Goshen and State Plank Road
	Warwick Valley Railroad in the 1860’s linking agricultural products with wider markets, nearness to NYC.
	Exploitation of resources: Mt. Adam Granite Co., Iron mines.
	B. Technology:
	Inventions to improve the ability to produce & harvest more from the land.
	Iron mines become more profitable.
	C. Environment: Draining Black Dirt, Beaver & Muskrat Wars. See Snell’s Drowned Lands of the Wallkill:
	http://www.albertwisnerlibrary.org/~wisner/Factsandhistory/History/DrownedLandsoftheWallkill.htm