1940 Map of Cottonwood Spring
USGS Topo · Published 1956About this map
The Colorado River Aqueduct carves a line of industrial progress through the arid basin between the Cottonwood Mountains and the Mecca Hills. At this mid-century moment, the Southern California desert is defined by infrastructure and isolation, from the high desert oasis at Cottonwood Spring within Joshua Tree National Monument to the shoreline of the Salton Sea.
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Editions of this 1940 Cottonwood Spring Map
This is the sole edition of this map. No revisions or reprints were ever made.
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