1943 Map of Fort Bragg

About this map

Fort Bragg serves as the industrial and population hub of this Mendocino coastline, where the Noyo River and Big River meet the Pacific Ocean. This 1943 survey, published during the war, reveals a landscape defined by timber and maritime commerce, with an extensive Railroad network reaching inland from the coast to support the local logging economy. Smaller coastal settlements like Noyo, Caspar, and Mendocino are connected by the primary north-south corridor, while the presence of a CCC Camp near Caspar Creek highlights the era's public works influence on the forest lands. From Cleone in the north to the mouth of Little River in the south, the map details the transition from rocky headlands like Laguna Pt and Cabrillo Pt to the complex gulches and creek drainages that dictated the placement of early roads and homesteads.