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1957 Map of Bald River Falls

Name: 1957 Topographic Map of Bald River Falls
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1959
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1959

About this map

Tellico River winds through the heart of the Cherokee National Forest in this late-1950s survey of the Unicoi Mountains. The landscape is a network of named heights and gaps, where the Tellico Ranger Station serves as a central hub for the Tellico Wildlife Management Area. Local life is recorded at isolated institutions such as Miller Chapel and Mt Isabel Ch, alongside the Waucheesi Sch.

Evidence of historical resource extraction and management appears with the Miller Mine and the Waucheesi Lookout Tower, which stands atop Waucheesi Mtn. The map follows the boundary between Tennessee and North Carolina, reaching the high point of Beaverdam Bald in the Nantahala National Forest. Notable water features like Bald River Falls and numerous branches like Turkey Creek and Lead Creek define the drainage patterns of this mountain terrain before the era of modern intensive development.