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1909 Map of Garden Valley

Name: 1909 Topographic Map of Garden Valley
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1948
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1948

About this map

The Boise National Forest dominates this early twentieth-century landscape, characterized by the intricate drainage systems of the Middle Fork Payette River and the Deadwood River. Surveyed via reconnaissance methods in the 1890s, the map reveals a wilderness structured by high ridgelines like Lightning Ridge and prominent summits such as Scott Mtn. The settlement of Banner appears in the southeastern corner, serving as a rare anchor point in a territory otherwise defined by named creeks and basins.

Waterways like Grimes Creek and Whitehawk Cr carve through the terrain, suggesting a landscape defined more by its natural topography than by human development at this date. The proximity of Long Valley and Garden Valley highlights the lowlands between these mountain ranges. This survey documents the region before mid-century shifts, preserving the original nomenclature of remote sites like Deadwood Basin and Bulldog Creek.