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1961 Map of Easton

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Easton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1963
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1963

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The upper Yakima River valley serves as the central corridor for this early 1960s survey, defined by the heavy presence of the Northern Pacific and Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific railroads. The mining legacy of the Upper Kittitas is centered around Roslyn, Ronald, and the Roslyn-Cascade Mine 4, illustrating the region's industrial backbone just south of Cle Elum Lake.

Beyond the settled valley floor at Easton and Peterson, the landscape rises sharply into the Wenatchee National Forest. This high-country terrain is marked by distinctive landmarks like Mt Clifty, Goat Peak, and Quartz Mtn, while the southern reaches follow the drainage of the South Fork Little Naches River and South Fork Manastash Creek. Features such as the Bullfrog Cutoff Rd, Taneum Road, and various gravel pits reveal the infrastructure supporting the local timber and extraction economies of the era.