1957 Map of Churchill Butte

About this map

Ramsey and Clifton stand as remnants of Nevada's early 20th-century mining landscape within this 1957 survey of Lyon and Storey counties. The map captures a transition from the industrial heights of the Ramsey-Comstock Mine and Blackhawk Mine to a developing agricultural and conservation corridor along the Carson River. The southern portion of the map is anchored by Fort Churchill State Park, where the river's path is tracked by early irrigation works like the Howard and Ditch and Koch Ditch. This geography reflects a classic Great Basin pattern, where the high peaks of the Virginia Range and Pine Nut Mountains gave way to resource extraction, while the Churchill Valley below supported transportation via the Southern Pacific railroad and early aviation at the Churchill Landing Strip.