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1965 Map of Bard

Name: 1965 Topographic Map of Bard
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1966
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1966

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The Colorado River and its confluence with the Gila River define this 1965 borderland landscape between California and Arizona. The area is heavily shaped by early 20th-century irrigation efforts, with the All American Canal and Reservation Main Canal feeding a grid of farms on the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation. Small agrarian hubs like Bard and Ross Corner are visible, alongside educational landmarks like the San Pasqual Valley Sch.

Evidence of earlier history remains at the Potholes (Site) and its associated Potholes Cem near the river bank. The terrain transitions sharply from the irrigated lowlands of the Gila Valley and The Island to the arid, dissected desert north of the Old Indian Treaty Boundary, where features like the Three C Mine and Mission Wash reflect a starkly different environment than the fertile valley floor.