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1892 Map of Camp Mohave

Name: 1892 Topographic Map of Camp Mohave
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1920
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1920

About this map

The Colorado River serves as the central artery for this reconnaissance survey, tracing the high desert borders where Arizona, Nevada, and California converge. At the southern end of Pyramid Canyon, Camp Mohave and the surrounding U.S. Mil. Res. stand as key landmarks near the historic river crossing at Hardyville. The landscape is a network of arid valleys and mountain ranges, with the Black Mountains and Cerbat Range hosting a variety of early mining settlements and springs essential for survival.

Infrastructure of the late nineteenth century is visible through the A. T. and S. F. R. R. cutting through the Sacramento Valley to serve Kingman and Mc Connico. Further north, the extraction economy is evidenced by the Patterson Mine in Gold Basin and the clustered settlements of Mineral Park, Chloride, and Stockton. The map also captures river transit points like Eldorado Ferry and the geographical oddity of Cottonwood Island before modern water management altered the river's course.