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1950 Map of Fairbanks B-2

Name: 1950 Topographic Map of Fairbanks B-2
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1974
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1974

About this map

Fort Wainwright Military Reservation dominates the northern half of this 1950s interior Alaska landscape, reflecting the strategic importance of the region during the early Cold War. The terrain is defined by the winding course of the Wood River, which flows through the Fairbanks North Star Borough across a low-lying area marked by extensive swamps and drainage networks.

Transport and access in this remote territory appear limited to the Fairbanks Meridian Tractor Trail, a critical lifeline through the brush. The map records several watercourses feeding into the river system, including Gold King Creek, Bonnifield Creek, and Willow Creek. This survey, updated with 1972 photorevisions, captures a wilderness area before major modern development, where land lines remained largely unsurveyed by the Bureau of Land Management.