
Buena Vista sits at the junction of mountain runoff and the Arkansas River, serving as a central hub for ranching and recreation in the early 1980s. The landscape is defined by an intricate network of irrigation channels like the Mary Bray Ditch and Mc Kenna Ditch, which divert water from Cottonwood Creek to the surrounding valley. To the west, the San Isabel National Forest rises toward Bald Mountain, where a legacy of extraction is visible through the Latchaw Mine and various Prospect points.
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4 editions found
1940 · Garfield
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1945 · Garfield
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1955 · Buena Vista
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1955 · Mount Harvard
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1956 · Poncha Springs
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1956 · Montrose
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1959 · Montrose
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1960 · Montrose
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1968 · Montrose
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1982 · Buena Vista West
USGS Topo · 1:24,000