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1959 Map of Canon City

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of Canon City
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1961
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1961

About this map

The Arkansas River corridor serves as the industrial and agricultural lifeline for Fremont County in the late 1950s, anchoring a network of irrigation systems including the Hydraulic Ditch and Oil Creek Ditch. The landscape is defined by the coexistence of institutional, residential, and industrial land use, most notably the expansive State Prison Farm situated east of the city center. This period captures Canon City and Lincoln Park as established hubs of activity, while the surrounding hills are marked by an old railroad grade and numerous mines that reflect the region's extractive history.

Genealogists can find significant detail in the various named cemeteries such as Lakeside Cemetery and Mountain Vale Memory Gardens, alongside several neighborhood schools like Wilson Jr High and Fourmile Sch. The presence of the Abbey and its associated school adds a distinct communal landmark near East Canon, illustrating the social fabric of these high-desert settlements as they looked before modern expansion.