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1956 Map of Antero Reservoir NE

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Antero Reservoir NE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1957
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1957

About this map

The South Fork Platte River winds through this high-altitude landscape of Park County during the mid-1950s, revealing a ranching economy in transition. The map documents several former homesteads and operations marked as non-operational, including Weber Ranch (Aband), Jamestown Ranch (Aband), and Oakley Ranch (Aband). These ranching sites, along with the Pleasant Valley Sch (Aband), indicate a shift in the local population and land use as early 20th-century settlements were consolidated or left behind.

Infrastructure traces of a previous era are prominent, most notably the Old Railroad Grade running parallel to the river and an Abandoned Ditch following the contours near Agate Creek. Only the Poyner Ranch appears as an active named enterprise, centered near a water source at Antelope Spring. This survey, part of the Missouri River Basin development program, provides a specific record of the water management and transportation history of this Colorado plateau.