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1952 Map of Deadman Butte

Name: 1952 Topographic Map of Deadman Butte
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1975
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1975

About this map

The Bighorn Mountains cast a long shadow over this remote section of Natrona County, where the southern reaches of the range meet the high plains. The landscape is defined by the striking Red Wall escarpment and the prominent Deadman Butte, which serves as a central landmark for the surrounding drainage systems. These drainages, including the North Fork Cottonwood Creek and the South Fork Cottonwood Creek, represent the critical water sources that dictated early movement and land use in this arid region.

Evidence of historical transit is preserved in the E-K Trail, which winds alongside E-K Creek, likely following established paths through the complex terrain. The map also records localized water points such as Sanchez Spring, which supported livestock and homesteading efforts near Sanchez Creek. This 1950s-era documentation captured these features just as modern surveying methods began to precisely register the remote corners of the Missouri River Basin development area.