Land Maps of Tryon County and area
The best map on which to examine this ancient waterway corridor is one created in 1772 by British cartographer Thomas Kitchin. The purpose of this website is to make this map readily available to researchers and students of American transportation history and New York State geography. The original from which this digital version has been created is in the collections of the New York State Library, engraved for Thomas Mante, The History of the Late War in North America, London, 1772. The digital version provided on this website was created by a direct scan of the original and a reduction to 16 colors, with the variation in background colors associated with the paper medium of the map reduced to one color, leaving the inkwork of the engraving intact. This reduces file sizes and load times, but preserves all the details of the original map.
Kitchin Map - The area from lower Mohawk (Amsterdam) west to Fort Herkimer (Fort Herkimer)
Kitchin Map - The area from Anthony's Nose (Sprakers) west to upper Mohawk
Kitchin Map - The area from Fort Herkimer (Fort Herkimer) west to Wood Creek (New London)
Kitchin Map - Extreme Enlargements