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1949 Map of Garrison

Name: 1949 Topographic Map of Garrison
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

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Humboldt National Forest and the towering Snake Range dominate this 1949 survey of the Nevada-Utah borderlands. The landscape transitions from the high peaks of the forest down into the arid basins of the Burbank Hills, where human settlement clings to the few available water sources. The small community of Garrison serves as a local hub near the state line, supported by outlying properties like the Davies Ranch and Dearden Ranch.

Evidence of early 20th-century travel and tourism is visible in the northwest corner at Lehman Caves National Monument and the presence of a Landing Field near the state border. Water management is critical in this high-desert environment, as seen in the system of springs and creeks such as Big Springs Creek and Lexington Creek feeding into Pruess Lake. Genealogists may find interest in the distinct burial sites marked at Burbank Cem and a second Cem near the town site.