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1897 Map of Hailey

Name: 1897 Topographic Map of Hailey
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1937
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1937

About this map

The Big Wood River valley serves as the central artery for this late-19th-century survey, anchoring the primary settlements of Hailey and Ketchum. At this time, the Oregon Short Line railroad connected these high-altitude communities, terminating just north of Ketchum. The landscape is defined by the convergence of the Sawtooth Mountains, Boulder Mts, and Pioneer Mountains, where massive summits like Hyndman Peak and The Devils Bedstead tower over the drainage basins.

A distinct feature of this era is the concentration of geothermal activity, with several developed sites noted including Hailey Hot Springs, Guyer Hot Springs, and Clarendon Hot Springs along the river forks. This map captures the region when mineral extraction and early mountain tourism were beginning to reshape the Idaho wilderness, marked by the recent establishment of the Sawtooth National Forest.