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1953 Map of Allendale

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Allendale
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1954
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1954

About this map

Los Putos Grant shapes the pastoral and agricultural character of this Solano County landscape in the early 1950s. The settlement of Allendale serves as a central hub, situated near Union Chapel and a network of watercourses including Sweeney Creek and Canyon Creek. The Southern Pacific railroad tracks bisect the territory, passing through the small community of Hartley and the Gibson station, marking the vital transportation corridor of the era.

Educational history is well-represented by several rural institutions, from Olive Sch in the northwest to Browns Valley School and the already inactive Grant School (Aban'd). Infrastructure development is evident at the Vaca Dixon Substation and the nearby Vaca Dixon Airport. Along the western edge, the terrain rises toward Drakes Point, where the foothills meet the flats of the valley floor, still dotted with numerous local windmills and small quarries.