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1958 Map of Frazier Mtn

Name: 1958 Topographic Map of Frazier Mtn
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1959
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1959

About this map

Frazier Park serves as a central mountain community during the late 1950s, situated at the junction of several high-altitude valleys. The landscape is defined by the massive presence of Frazier Mountain, which reaches a peak marked by the Frazier Mtn Lookout. This era of the mountain range shows a transition between ranching operations and early mountain residential developments like Lake of the Woods and Lebec Oaks Ranch.

Evidence of historical resource extraction is scattered across the Los Padres National Forest, including the Black Bob Mine and Gold Dust Mine. Notably, the map tracks the path of the San Andreas Rift Zone through Cuddy Canyon, providing a clear look at the geological faulting that shaped this part of Kern County. Along the eastern edge, the corridor of Route 99 passes through Tejon Pass, where the Fort Tejon State Historical Mon preserves the region's military and frontier legacy.