1958 Map of Driggs

About this map

The massive peaks of the Teton Range define this mid-century look at the Idaho-Wyoming borderlands. Agriculture and transport networks are centered in the fertile valleys of the Snake River and its tributaries, where the Union Pacific railroad services established towns like Rexburg, St Anthony, and Sugar City. The map documents a landscape of dramatic transitions, from the geological oddities of the Sand Dunes and Lava fields in the northwest to the protected wilderness of Grand Teton National Park and the National Elk Refuge. High mountain passes like Togwotee Pass and Union Pass provide critical links through the Gros Ventre Range and Wind River Range, while the Palisades Reservoir illustrates the engineering of water resources in the Snake River Range.