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1966 Map of Crescent City

Name: 1966 Topographic Map of Crescent City
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1968
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1968

About this map

Crescent City serves as the focal point of this coastal survey, showing the grid-based development of the town just south of the sprawling Lake Earl and Lake Talawa lagoon system. The landscape transition from the rugged coast at Point St George to the heavily forested interior of Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park is clearly defined, with several redwood groves like Weber Grove and Metcalf Grove named.

The mid-century infrastructure of Del Norte County is well-documented, featuring the County Airport and a cluster of local institutions such as Del Norte High Sch and the County Hospital. Local cultural landmarks of the era include the Drive-in Theater near Jordan Creek and the SS Emidio Memorial on the coast. In the north, the small settlement of Fort Dick sits near the Redwood Union Sch, while the agricultural character of Kings Valley and Elk Valley is evidenced by numerous farm roads and drainage patterns.