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1919 Map of Bryson

Name: 1919 Topographic Map of Bryson
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1940
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1940

About this map

The San Antonio River and Nacimiento River cut through the central California landscape of the Santa Lucia Range in this 1917 survey. The settlement of Jolon serves as a northern waypoint near the ranch lands of Milpitas, while Lockwood and Bryson anchor the lower valley regions. This era of land use is defined by isolated family holdings and small-scale infrastructure, evident in the numerous homesteads like Graves Ranch and Dutton Cabin tucked into the canyons.

A Quicksilver Mine near Bald Mtn points to the mineral extraction common in these coastal mountains during the early 20th century. Local education is preserved through the locations of the Pinkerton School, Hesperia School, and Pleyto School, which served the scattered agricultural and ranching community before the consolidation of rural districts. The map also delineates the northern reaches of the Los Padres National Forest and the Monterey and San Luis Obispo county boundary line.