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1966 Map of Garland

Name: 1966 Topographic Map of Garland
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1970
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1970

About this map

The Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad corridor dictates the settlement pattern of this Big Horn Basin landscape, anchoring the towns of Powell and Garland. The era’s agricultural engineering is on full display across the Powell Flats, where an intricate grid of irrigation features like the Little Frannie Canal and Deaver Canal—along with numerous numbered laterals—transformed the arid terrain.

Evidence of the region's historic routes is preserved in the Jim Bridger Trail, which cuts northwest toward the prominent Polecat Bench. Local life is marked by the County Fairground on the edge of Powell and the Crown Hill Cemetery to the south. The map also documents the mid-century industrial footprint of the area, from various Oil Wells and Gas Wells to a small Mine and multiple Claypits situated along the drainage of Mantua Draw.