1966 Map of Ephraim

About this map

Snow College and its Field Station anchor the academic and civic life of Ephraim during the mid-1960s, while the Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad tracks cut a diagonal path across the agricultural Sanpete Valley. To the west, the landscape is defined by extensive irrigation networks including the Larsen Ditch and numerous flowing wells, essential for the valley's farms. To the east, the terrain rises sharply into the Manti-La Sal National Forest, where steep canyons like Ephraim Canyon and New Canyon dominate. The map documents a period of local utility and leisure, from the Manti-Ephraim Airport and the Drive-in Theatre on the town's edge to the Manti Community Campground and Yearns Reservoir high in the mountains. Traces of early industrial activity are visible at the Quarry and various Gravel Pits scattered near the foothills.