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1956 Map of Elk City

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Elk City
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1963
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1963

About this map

Elk City and the surrounding wilderness of central Idaho are documented here during a period of significant remote industrial activity and forest management. The landscape is dominated by the Salmon River Mountains and Bitterroot Range, where the Salmon River and its numerous forks carve through the terrain. This mid-century survey highlights a regional economy built on isolation and extraction, featuring a dense network of remote outposts like Stibnite and Warren.

Resource extraction is evidenced by the presence of the Blackbird Mine, Cobalt Mines, and Golden Hand Mine, while the administrative reach of the National Forest system is shown through numerous stations such as the Magruder Ranger Station and Moose Creek Ranger Station. For genealogists and local historians, the map preserves the locations of early riverside settlements and family-named landmarks like Campbell's Ferry, Shepp Ranch, and Taylor Ranch before the modern era further isolated these backcountry reaches.