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1970 Map of Border

Name: 1970 Topographic Map of Border
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1985
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1985

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The Idaho-Wyoming state line bisects this landscape where the Thomas Fork joins the meandering Bear River. This high-altitude corridor is defined by the intersection of mountain ranges and critical transit infrastructure. The Union Pacific railroad tracks and the highway route through Border Summit demonstrate how the local geography dictated movement between the Preuss Range and the Sublette Range.

Small settlements at Border and Border Junction serve as localized hubs within the Thomas Fork Valley, supported by a network of water management features like the Cook Canal and various unnamed ditches. The terrain is marked by family-named landmarks and geographic features such as Anderson Hill, Boundary Ridge, and the distinctively named Swine Bend, providing a clear view of the rural borderland economy and topography in the early 1970s.