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1950 Map of Bendeleben D-6

Name: 1950 Topographic Map of Bendeleben D-6
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1956
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1956

About this map

Serpentine Springs serves as a remote geographic anchor in this Seward Peninsula landscape, which was documented by the Army Map Service using 1950 aerial photography. The terrain is defined by a dense network of drainages including the Serpentine River and its North Fork, with many waterways like Reindeer Creek and Schlitz Creek carrying names suggestive of early 20th-century exploration and resource extraction. Evidence of human activity is concentrated at a single Gold Mine near Macklin Creek and a Landing Strip adjacent to the springs.

Transportation through this territory is marked by seasonal and industrial routes rather than permanent roads. A Winter Trail and several Tractor Trails indicate how prospectors and travelers navigated the tundra and high country near Midnight Mountain. The map illustrates the specific land-use patterns of the post-war era, where aviation and specialized tracked vehicles provided the only reliable access to the mineral-rich interior of the Alaska territory.