{"product_id":"old-map-of-bedford-new-york-by-usgs-1955-mount-kisco-katonah-muscoot-reservoir","title":"Old Map of Bedford, New York by USGS, 1955 – Mount Kisco, Katonah \u0026 Muscoot Reservoir","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1961 from survey data gathered in 1955, the USGS quadrangle titled “Mount Kisco” presents a finely resolved portrait of northern Westchester County at mid-century. At a scale of 1:24,000, it centers on Bedford and Mount Kisco while extending across the surrounding towns, wooded ridges, reservoirs, rail lines, and country roads that defined this part of New York before later suburban growth intensified. The bright greens of woodland and open land, the precise brown contour lines, and the crisp network of roads and waterways give the map both scientific clarity and visual elegance. It is a record of a landscape poised between rural estate country, commuter village life, and the expanding infrastructure of the postwar metropolitan region.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe United States Geological Survey brought to this map the disciplined cartographic language for which its twentieth-century quadrangles became renowned. Founded in 1879, the USGS transformed American mapping by combining field survey, aerial photography, geodetic control, and standardized symbology into maps that served engineers, planners, hikers, scientists, and local communities alike. In “Mount Kisco,” that methodical precision is visible in every contour, stream course, road classification, and built-up area. Elevation is not merely indicated but sculpted across the page, revealing the rolling uplands, shallow valleys, and glacially influenced terrain of Westchester. The result is a map that is both practical and quietly beautiful: a measured government document with the composure of a landscape study.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBedford, Mount Kisco, and Katonah anchor the human geography of the sheet, each shown within a web of roads, railways, ponds, woods, and scattered settlement. The map captures the historic village pattern of the region, where compact centers were linked by rail service and winding roads rather than by the denser suburban fabric that would later spread across Westchester. Route 22 and other arterial roads thread through the countryside, while the rail lines underscore the longstanding commuter connection to New York City. Around these towns, the terrain rises and falls in subtle folds, with contours marking the ridges and hollows that shaped farms, estates, parklands, and residential development.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWater is one of the defining elements of this quadrangle. Croton Lake, Muscoot Reservoir, the Croton River, and the area’s smaller lakes and ponds testify to the crucial role of northern Westchester in New York City’s water-supply system. The reservoirs are not incidental features; they are monumental engineered landscapes embedded within older river valleys and wooded terrain. Their shorelines, feeder streams, and adjacent roads lend the map a distinctive rhythm, alternating between natural drainage patterns and human intervention. The surrounding greens suggest forests, parklands, and open ground, while the contour lines explain why water gathers where it does. In this way, the map reveals both the hydrological logic and the civic importance of the region.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a mid-twentieth-century document, “Mount Kisco” offers an especially evocative view of Westchester before many later changes in transportation, development, and land use. The sheet preserves a moment when Bedford and its neighboring communities still retained much of their rural and village character, even as postwar mobility and metropolitan expansion were reshaping the county. Parks, forests, reservoirs, railways, and roads appear in careful balance, making the map valuable not only for navigation but also for historical comparison. Its clean colors and lucid topography invite close reading: one can trace old routes, study the siting of settlements, follow streams into reservoirs, and see how geology, water, and human ambition together formed the landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCities, towns and places on this map\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBedford, NY\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMount Kisco, NY\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKatonah, NY\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCroton Lake\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMuscoot Reservoir\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCroton River\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrewster surrounding area\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRoute 22\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRoute 684\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRailways in the region\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eParks and forests\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOther lakes and ponds in the area\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHistorical context \u0026amp; cartographic details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistorical 1:24,000 topographical map titled \u003cem\u003eMount Kisco\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduced by the United States Geological Survey (USGS).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShows Bedford, New York, and the surrounding area.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSurvey data dates from 1955, with a 1961 imprint.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUses a vibrant color scheme, including shades of green to represent vegetation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContour lines indicate elevation, terrain, and the undulating character of the region.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReflects the mid-20th-century landscape of the area.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUseful for understanding places that may have changed through later development.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBright colors and clear contour delineation make the landscape easy to read for navigation and recreation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLooking for a particular place?\u003c\/strong\u003e Review the detailed images to confirm that the town, landmark or feature you have in mind appears on the map. If you are unsure, \u003ca target=\"”_blank”\" href=\"\/fr\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003eask our workshop to check before you order\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDetailed maps are especially rewarding at larger sizes, where names, boundaries and decorative features have more room to be appreciated. Use the close-up preview and size guide to choose the right scale for your wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 50in (125cm). 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