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1969 Map of Franklin Lake NW

Name: 1969 Topographic Map of Franklin Lake NW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1972
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1972

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Ruby Mountains high country dominates this 1969 field-checked survey, revealing a landscape defined by dramatic elevation changes and alpine water sources. Overland Lake sits perched high in the range, feeding into the drainage systems of Overland Creek and Mayhew Creek. The map documents a sparsely settled high-altitude environment where the Humboldt National Forest boundary meets the edge of the Franklin Lake depression.

Evidence of historical habitation and local commerce is concentrated near the base of the mountains, including the Rock House post office and the W Gardner Ranch. For researchers, the presence of an Indian Village and the Indian Graveyard Basin near the eastern margin provides important context for indigenous history in the region. The transition from the peaks of King Peak and Tipton Peak down to the alkaline flats of the lake basin is connected by a network of historic routes like the Rattlesnake Pack Trail.