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1950 Map of Bendeleben A-4

Name: 1950 Topographic Map of Bendeleben A-4
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1982
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1982

About this map

The Bendeleben Mountains dominate this 1950s landscape, where the northern portion of the quadrangle is now protected as part of the Bering Land Bridge National Preserve. The map reveals a remote environment structured by its waterways, most notably the Pargon River and its numerous tributaries such as Dillon Creek and Slab Creek. A solitary Cabin located along McKelveys Creek serves as one of the few signs of permanent human habitation in this subarctic terrain.

Evidence of early 20th-century industry and transport is found in the southern lowlands, where a Ditch and a Tractor Trail cut across the drainage basins of Ophir Creek and Crooked Creek. These features, alongside family-named landmarks like Chauik Mountain and Helena Creek, reflect a history of prospecting and movement through Grass Valley and along the various creeks that feed into the region's complex drainage system.