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1949 Map of Buttes

Name: 1949 Topographic Map of Buttes
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1949
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1949

About this map

Fountain Creek serves as the central artery for this late-1940s landscape, where a complex network of irrigation channels like Hanover Ditch and Tom Wanless Ditch sustain the ranches along the valley floor. The map records a transition from the intensive ranching operations at McCandlish Ranch and 7 L Bar Ranch to the expanding military footprint of the Camp Carson Military Reservation, which dominates the western topography.

Transportation is defined by the parallel tracks of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe and the Denver and Rio Grande Western railroads, which connect small whistle-stops such as Wigwam and Little Buttes. Evidence of early settlement remains visible through the isolated Wilson Cemetery and several Windmill sites, while the southern portion of the quadrangle descends into the dry draws of Young Hollow near the El Paso Co Pueblo Co border.