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1968 Map of Bridge Creek Draw

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Bridge Creek Draw
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1972
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1972

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The Old Indian Treaty Boundary slices diagonally across this high-desert landscape, serving as a significant historical marker within the Fremont National Forest. This 1968 survey documents a region defined by its reliance on isolated water sources and ranching outposts. Numerous family-named operations including the Howard Ranch, Freeman Ranch, and McBroom Ranch are situated along the drainage of Timothy Creek and Bridge Creek.

A network of springs supports the local ecology and livestock, with names like Thirteenmile Spring, Cashow Springs, and Lundy Spring indicating the importance of every water point. The rugged geography of Bridge Creek Draw and Cashow Flat transitions into the Silver Creek Marsh in the southeast, where a Campground Well marks a rare point of human infrastructure. Several Gravel Pits and a Cinder Pit suggest local material extraction in this remote corner of Lake County.