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1963 Map of Fort Douglas

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Fort Douglas
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1984
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1984

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Salt Lake City and the expanding University of Utah campus anchor the southwestern corner of this survey, which transitioned through multiple photogrammetric revisions between 1950 and 1975. The urban grid gives way abruptly to the steep slopes of the Wasatch National Forest, where the Fort Douglas Military Reservation buffers the city from the high peaks of the Sessions Mountains. This interface between civil and military life is evidenced by the proximity of the Veterans Hospital and the Fort Douglas installation to residential clusters like University Village.

Resource extraction and recreation coexist in the canyons, with the Treasure Box Mine and Burro Mine located in the high country near Grandview Peak. Local history is deeply etched into the landscape at Pioneer Monument State Park, featuring the This is the Place Monument, marking the entry point of the pioneers into the valley. Numerous neighborhood schools, such as Judge Mem High Sch and St Olaf Sch, alongside the sprawling City Cemetery, provide a detailed record of mid-century community development and institutional growth.