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1951 Map of Bear Mountain

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Bear Mountain
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1953
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1953

About this map

Bear Mountain dominates the central landscape of this early 1950s survey, marking a rugged high point along the boundary between Natrona and Carbon Counties. The map documents a complex drainage system essential to the high plains, where the headwaters of Bolton Creek and its tributary East Fork Bolton Creek carve deep through the terrain. To the north, the ironically named Stinking Creek joins Bear Creek as they wind through the high-elevation pastures.

This topographic study, conducted as part of the Department of the Interior's Missouri River Basin development program, shows a region defined by its hydrology and isolated ranch roads. Genealogists and historians can trace the specific courses of Elk Creek and the bifurcated North Fork Canyon Creek and South Fork Canyon Creek, which shaped the movement and land use of Wyoming's early cattle and sheep country during the post-war era.