1981 Map of Deadman Point

About this map

Klamath National Forest defines this mountainous borderland where the Pacific Northwest meets Northern California. The 1981 terrain is defined by its extraction history, with several notable claims such as the Classic Hill Mine, County Mine, and Wood Mine scattered among the steep drainages of Indian Creek and Thompson Creek. Significant elevation changes are marked by Mill Creek Ridge and Thompson Ridge, rising toward peaks like Spees Peak and Bare Mountain. Local administrative presence is found at the West Branch FS Station, situated near a campground along West Branch Grayback Creek. This map is a record of an era when resource roads and four-wheel-drive trails provided the primary access for prospecting and forestry in the Siskiyou mountains, showing a landscape of deep gulches including Wagner Gulch and Swearingen Gulch.