1965 Map of Ashton

About this map

Ashton stands as the central hub of this eastern Idaho landscape, where the agricultural plains of Fremont County meet the rising timber of the Targhee National Forest. The local economy of the mid-1960s is clearly defined by the complex water management system of the Farmers Own Canal and the North Lateral Marysville Canal, which draw from the powerful Henrys Fork and Falls River. Industrial and civic life is anchored by the Union Pacific railroad corridor, the Ashton Fish Hatchery, and the High School. To the north and west, the terrain drops into dramatic breaks like Box Canyon and Putney Canyon, while the Ashton Dam controls the waters of the Ashton Reservoir. This survey documents a vital junction of rail transport, irrigation engineering, and river ecology just before the modern era.