1893 Map of Crested Butte

About this map

Crested Butte serves as the focal point for this late nineteenth-century reconnaissance, situated at the confluence of several mountain drainages and the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. The map documents a period of early high-country settlement, where the small community of Gothic sits beneath Avery Peak and White Rock Mt in the northern reaches of the survey. The landscape is defined by the steep divides of the Saw-Tooth Range, with critical high-altitude crossings like Pearl Pass and Taylor Pass linking the various river basins.