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1929 Map of Buck Mountains

Name: 1929 Topographic Map of Buck Mountains
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1947
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1947

About this map

Mining operations and early transcontinental travel routes dominate this survey of the Arizona desert conducted in the late 1920s. The Palo Verde Mine and the Arizona-Yucca Mine are prominent fixtures within the Buck Mountains, representing the era's mineral extraction efforts in Mohave County. This landscape is a corridor for essential transportation, featuring the At & Sf railroad and the National Old Trails Highway, a predecessor to the famous Route 66.

Drainage systems such as Sacramento Wash and Buck Mountain Wash define the local topography, while the southern portion of the sheet remains designated as an Unsurveyed Area. Regional connectivity is evidenced by the Yucca Cutoff Highway and smaller desert tracks like Lebarron Road, which facilitated movement across the arid terrain of Dutch Flat Road before the development of modern interstate systems.