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1929 Map of Colville

Name: 1929 Topographic Map of Colville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1958
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1958

About this map

Colville sits as the hub of a landscape defined by intensive resource extraction and frontier transit in the late 1920s. The Northern Great Railway tracks follow the Columbia River and its tributaries, connecting mining outposts like Northport and Marble to the broader regional economy. This era represents a peak of industrial variety in Stevens County, where the map documents an incredible density of named mining operations, from the Electric Point Mine and Gladstone Mine in the north to the Old Dominion Mine further south.

Evidence of early settlement patterns is preserved through labels like Old Fort Colville and various rural institutions such as the Onion Creek Sch and Evergreen Cem. The rugged terrain is punctuated by significant landmarks like Steamboat Rock and the high peaks of the Colville National Forest, while the presence of the Gaging Station on the river suggests the early 20th-century focus on hydraulic monitoring and water management.