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1892 Map of Camp Mohave

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

USGS Topo · Published 1892

About this map

Camp Mohave and the surrounding U.S.Mil. Res anchor this late-nineteenth-century survey of the Colorado River corridor. The landscape is defined by the heavy reliance on water sources and river crossings, evidenced by numerous named springs such as Arizona Spring and Forlorn Hope Spring, and the critical Eldorado Ferry transit point. Along the river, Cottonwood Island and Round Island break the channel between the Black Canyon and Pyramid Canyon.

To the east, the mining and settlement pattern reveals the industrial focus of the era near the Cerbat Mountains. Remote outposts like Mineral Park, Chloride, and New London are clustered near the Patterson Mine, while the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad cuts through the Sacramento Valley in the southeast. This document provides a look at the infrastructure of the Arizona Territory before modern dams altered the river's course, preserving the locations of early river landings like Hardyville and Harpers.