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1909 Map of Fremont Peak

Name: 1909 Topographic Map of Fremont Peak
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1919
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1919

About this map

The Continental Divide carves a serpentine path through this high-altitude landscape, where the headwaters of the Green River emerge amidst some of the highest summits in the Wind River Range. Surveyed in 1906, the map documents a rugged frontier of cattle ranching and early forestry, with isolated outposts like Petre's Ranch Kendall PO and Luman's Ranch providing rare points of human settlement. The intersection of the Teton, Wind River, and Bridger National Forests underscores the regional importance of these mountains for timber and watershed protection during the early twentieth century.

Climbers and explorers of the era would have recognized icons like Fremont Peak and Gannett Pk, while local industry is quietly marked by a remote Coal Mine near Little Flattop Mtn. The detailed hydrography, from Slide Lake to the complex network of the Dinwoody Lakes, illustrates the glacial carving that defines the terrain. Historic travel routes are anchored by Union Pass, a critical passage for early transit between the Green River basin and the Wind River drainage.