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1945 Map of Esterbrook

Name: 1945 Topographic Map of Esterbrook
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1945
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1945

About this map

Laramie Peak anchors the southern reaches of this landscape, where the high-altitude terrain of the Laramie Range transitions into the ranching country of the Converse and Albany county line. The settlement at Esterbrook serves as a central hub, surrounded by a network of family-operated holdings such as Macfarlane Ranch and Rutherford Ranch. This era of Wyoming history is characterized by small, decentralized rural infrastructure, evident in the distribution of one-room schoolhouses like Morton Sch and Prairie Dog Sch that provided essential services to isolated homesteads.

Water management and natural drainage are clearly defined by the winding paths of Horseshoe Creek and Cottonwood Creek, which carve through features like Ullman Park and Harris Park. The map identifies numerous individual homesteads including Newell Ranch and Donaldson Ranch, offering a detailed look at the 1940s land use patterns before modern consolidation. These labels provide specific geographic anchors for researchers tracing family history or early mountain settlement patterns.