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1952 Map of Cottonwood Pass

Name: 1952 Topographic Map of Cottonwood Pass
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1985
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1985

About this map

Nichols Ranch and the Britain Ranch anchor this mid-century look at the high-country borderlands where Fremont, Hot Springs, and Natrona counties meet. The landscape is defined by the high ridges of Lysite Mountain and the Bighorn Mountains, which separate drainage basins like the Nowood River to the north from the intricate networks of Cottonwood Creek and Snyder Creek below.

Insight into the region's shifting agricultural footprint is found in the multiple sites marked as defunct, including the McWilliams Homestead, Bader Homestead, and the Johnson Place. These markers indicate a period of consolidation or departure from marginal lands. Critical water sources, essential for survival in this terrain, are carefully noted at Shelly Seeps, Stove Spring, and Swaim Spring. Transportation is limited to the aptly named No Wood Road and various pack trails crossing through Cottonwood Pass.