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1958 Map of Casper

Name: 1958 Topographic Map of Casper
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1958
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1958

About this map

The North Platte River serves as the industrial and geographical backbone of this Central Wyoming region during the late 1950s. The city of Casper and its neighbor Evansville appear at a height of mid-century development, supported by the Chicago and North Western Railway and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. The map reveals an economy deeply tied to natural resources, shown through the extensive Poison Spider Oil Field and the noted Oil Mountain Oil Field (abandoned).

Southward, the massive engineering of the Pathfinder Reservoir and Seminoe Reservoir dominates the landscape between the Ferris Mountains and the Seminoe Mountains. For genealogists and local historians, the sheet identifies numerous isolated homesteads and operations such as Love Ranch, Bucklin Ranch, and the West Poison Spider Camp, alongside the notable Natrona County Airfield. Distinctive geological landmarks like Devils Gate and the Great Stone Face are also clearly marked.