1956 Map of Fish Lake

About this map

The Continental Divide serves as the topographic anchor of this high-altitude landscape in the mid-1950s, defining the boundary between the Shoshone National Forest and Teton National Forest. The map documents a remote alpine environment where human activity is centered on seasonal mountain work and wilderness travel, evidenced by the Red Flat Cow Camp and an extensive network of pack trails and jeep trails. These paths follow the natural drainage patterns of Warm Spring Creek and Sheridan Creek, illustrating the era's reliance on traditional livestock camps and rugged access routes for forest management and back-country navigation. High-elevation features like Fish Lake Mountain and Fish Lake are surrounded by numerous unnamed springs and small tributaries including Indian Creek and Coyote Creek, which feed the larger basins during the Missouri River Basin development era.