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1953 Map of Elmira

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Elmira
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1981
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1981

About this map

The Travis Air Force Base complex and its adjacent Travis Field dominate the southern portion of this mid-century landscape, illustrating the military's significant footprint in Solano County during the Cold War. To the northwest, the expansion of Vacaville is visible, including the California Medical Facility and the burgeoning community of Leisure Town. The map captures a transitional era where traditional agricultural lands, marked by the Putah South Canal and the English Hills, began to integrate with major infrastructure like the Nut Tree Airport and various education facilities such as Vanden High Sch and Cooper School.

Transportation networks define the region's connectivity, featuring the Southern Pacific railroad and the Sacramento Northern tracks. These routes link smaller junctions and settlements like Elmira and Cannon to the larger urban centers. The mapping of the Grant Boundary and the Mt Diablo Meridian provides a glimpse into the underlying cadastral history of the Los Putos land grant, showing how early property lines continued to influence 20th-century development.