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1950 Map of Fountain SE

Name: 1950 Topographic Map of Fountain SE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1950
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1950

About this map

Hammer Ranch and several other family-named homesteads define the high plains landscape south of Fountain just after the 1940s. The area is marked by a sparse settlement pattern of established agricultural outposts like the Kaufman Place and Williams Ranch, connected by the unpaved corridor of Hanover Road. The western edge of the quadrangle is anchored by the riparian corridor of Fountain Creek, which runs parallel to the tracks of the Denver and Rio Grande Western RR.

Evidence of mid-century infrastructure appears through an Underground Pipeline cutting across the rangeland. Near the southern map edge, the El Paso Co Pueblo Co line marks the administrative boundary between these two major Colorado counties. The drainages of Williams Creek and Chico Creek provide the primary relief in this territory, where isolated windmills and ranch sites like the Totten Ranch and Paige Ranch signify the enduring ranching economy of the era.