1989 Map of East of Jackpot

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Warm Springs and Deer Springs emerge from the high desert terrain of the Great Basin in this late-twentieth-century study of the Nevada-Idaho border. The landscape is defined by a series of intermittent and perennial drainages including Lost Shoshone Creek and Cedar Creek, which carve through the high plateaus of Elko County. This 1989 provisional survey captures the remote character of the region just south of the state line, where water sources like Willow Creek and Trout Creek were vital landmarks for navigation and land use in a sparsely settled ranching and grazing environment. The intersection of the Twin Falls and Elko County lines with the Idaho-Nevada boundary provides a clear look at how administrative borders were placed against the natural features of the high desert floor.