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Louis F. Cutter created maps of the White
Mountains from 1885 until his death in 1945. His first map was
of King's Ravine, Mt. Adams, and Mt. Madison. He took barometric
measurements to determine altitudes, and measured on-the-ground
distances with an odometer he created from the front wheel of
a bicycle. Over the years Cutter gradually expanded the coverage
of his mapping projects in all directions, becoming the cartographer
of choice for the Appalachian Mountain Club's guidebook maps.
The following 5 maps by Cutter are posted
on this website in conjunction with the July 2010 publication
of Peaks & Paths: A Century of the Randolph Mountain Club,
Judith Hudson's centennial history of the RMC. The historic maps
will help our readers pinpoint places and trails from the 1880s
through the early years of the Club. The RMC's 2005 Randolph
Valley and Northern Peaks Trail Map (easily obtainable through
the website's Stuff We Sell link) is a contemporary map of the
area served by the RMC.
Each historic map is interactive-it can
be magnified 8 times, so that Cutter's precise details can be
easily read. Navigation arrows are provided in the upper left-hand
corner.
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