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1973 Map of Garden Spring

Name: 1973 Topographic Map of Garden Spring
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

About this map

Garden Spring and its surrounding desert uplands appear here in detail based on 1970s field checking. The landscape is defined by the high elevations of the Clover Mountains and Garden Mountain, where a network of water sources such as Coldwater Spring, Box Spring, and Horse Springs supported seasonal livestock or transit through this arid terrain.

A network of remote access points is visible, including a Jeep Trail winding toward a Corral and a lone Prospect near Uslm 249. These features, along with the numerous named drainages like Cougar Canyon and Horse Pasture Canyon, indicate a history of land use centered on high-altitude grazing and mineral exploration. The presence of Sawmill Mountain suggests a past reliance on local timber for the region's early ranching and mining infrastructure.