1961 Map of Bridger Peak

About this map

The Continental Divide carves through the high country of the Medicine Bow National Forest, defining a landscape of alpine lakes and early mining history. Towering over the terrain is Bridger Peak, featuring the Bridger Peak Lookout and serving as a geographic anchor for the surrounding Sierra Madre. The map documents the remnants of a significant copper mining era, with the Ferris Haggarty Mine and several former settlement sites like Rudefeha, Dillon, and Copperton marking where prospectors once worked these remote slopes. These sites, coupled with the Jack Creek Mine and various prospects, illustrate the transition from active industrial extraction to a protected national forest used for timber and recreation. Water from North Spring Creek Lake and South Spring Creek Lake feeds the drainage basins of the North Spring Creek and South Spring Creek, while the southern reaches show the Stock Driveway and Battle Lake.