1960 Map of Battle Spring

About this map

Battle Spring serves as the focal point for this high-desert landscape in Sweetwater County, where the terrain transitions from the wide Battle Spring Flat to the etched drainage of Battle Spring Draw. Mapping efforts conducted for the Department of the Interior's Missouri River Basin development program record a sparse but functional infrastructure focused on water access and mineral potential. The north-south corridor of the Wamsutter Crooks Gap Road provides the primary transit route through this arid region, linking remote points across the Great Divide Basin. Evidence of early land use is found in scattered markings, including a Well and a site labeled simply as Prospect, indicating the era's localized attempts at resource extraction and ranching support.