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1943 Map of Driggs

Name: 1943 Topographic Map of Driggs
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1955
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1955

About this map

Driggs and Victor anchor this mid-century portrait of Teton Valley, where the Union Pacific railroad corridor parallels the Teton River through a landscape of irrigated agriculture and high mountain wilderness. The map reveals a structured rural society of the 1940s, marked by scattered educational and religious centers such as Bates Sch, Chapin Sch, and the Darby Ch. The complex water management of the valley is evident in the network of irrigation works, including the Kimball Canal, Town Canal, and Spencer Canal, which redirected flows toward family farmsteads.

Rising to the east and south, the Teton Mountains and Targhee National Forest dominate the topography. Notable landmarks such as Sherman Peak and the Rapid Creek Ranger Sta define the transition from the settled valley floor to the high timber of the Idaho-Wyoming stateline. From the Driggs Cem to the high ridges of Garns Mountain, the sheet provides a meticulous record of land use and property boundaries in this high-altitude basin.