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1955 Map of Baker

Name: 1955 Topographic Map of Baker
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

About this map

Baker and the surrounding high desert and mountain country of eastern Oregon and western Idaho define this mid-century landscape. The Snake River carves a deep path through the center, marked by significant infrastructure including the Oxbow Dam Spillway and Brownlee Dam Spillway. This era shows a region balanced between the historic mining industry, represented by the Flagstaff Mine and Idaho Almaden Mine, and the large-scale water management projects that created the Brownlee Reservoir and Cascade Reservoir.

Regional transportation is dominated by the Union Pacific railroad and major auto routes like U.S. 30, connecting established settlements like Richland, Halfway, and Cambridge. The vast protected lands of the Whitman National Forest and Payette National Forest encompass prominent peaks such as Council Mountain and Snowbank Mtn, reflecting the area's transition toward a landscape of federal land management and outdoor recreation by the 1970s revision.