Greater New York and contiguous territory, showing the Indian paths and known Indian stations (Reginald P. Bolton, 1912)
Reginald Pelham Bolton's map of Greater New York and the country around it, with the Indian paths he traced in red over the 1912 streets, from Paterson and Newark to Long Island and Westchester.
Source
| Map | Greater New York and contigous territory, showing the Indian paths, together with the approximate situation of all known Indian stations, Map I |
|---|---|
| Author | Reginald Pelham Bolton, 1912 |
| Archive | New York Public Library |
| Rights | Public domain. Published 1912 — before 1931, so public domain in the United States. Evidence |
| Accuracy | About 3 km (RMS 0.1 km at 36 control points). Placed by hand in a map-queue session and approved by a person. If something sits in the wrong place, members can fix it with Fix placement on the map. |
| Method | Placed by hand: a second-order polynomial fit to 36 places read from the scan and matched to their positions today. See the methodology. |
| Version | 1.0.1, updated 2026-09-30 |
| Covers | New York, New Jersey |
Downloads
- Google Earth overlay (KMZ) — free (9.8 MB)
- GeoTIFF, tinted trails, EPSG:4326 (6000 × 5777; QGIS, ArcGIS) — free (22.3 MB)
- Print sheet over today’s map (3600 × 2200 PNG) — free (6 MB)
Project Homeland
This map’s trails are traced into Project Homeland, one map of the trail network melded from every traced source, where they are compared with the other maps’ lines. Members can trace more of them: Trace a trail on the map.
Changelog
- 1.0.1 (2026-09-30): Only the red paths are tinted; the 1912 street base is faded behind them.
- 1.0.0 (2026-09-30): First release: placed by hand at 36 places. From the Native Routes sources register; Bolton's map, New York Public Library.
Credits
- From the Native Routes sources register; Bolton's map, New York Public Library
- Georeferencing: Native Routes
- Scan: New York Public Library
Control points
The full list of control points with residuals is in control-points.geojson. Historic names indexed for search: names.geojson.
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