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1948 Map of Cover Mtn.

Name: 1948 Topographic Map of Cover Mtn.
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1948
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1948

About this map

Colorado Feldspar Company Mine and a network of family-held cattle ranches characterize this high-country landscape during the 1940s. The survey captures the rural infrastructure of central Colorado, where life centered around landmarks like Stahl Ranch, Nash Ranch, and F L Rowe Ranch. Local education is anchored at Wilson Creek Sch and Twelvemile Sch, serving the scattered homesteads across the drainage basins of Fourmile Creek and Currant Creek.

The terrain is defined by prominent elevations such as Cover Mtn, Rice Mountain, and the Bare Hills. Settlement patterns follow the natural logic of the parks and basins, with Twelvemile Park and Shaws Park providing the most accessible ground amidst the ridges of Gribble Mountain and Crampton Mtn. This map records a specific era of mountain industry and ranching before modern development altered the footprints of these original landholdings.