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1959 Map of Hailey

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of Hailey
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1959
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1959

About this map

The Sawtooth Mountains dominate this mid-century landscape, framing a region defined by high-altitude recreation and deep-rock mining history. While Sun Valley and Ketchum appear as established hubs, the surrounding slopes are marked by active and legacy operations like the Triumph Mine, Silver Star Queens Mine, and Silver King Mine. This era shows a transition in land use, where the resource extraction of the Boise and Sawtooth National Forests exists alongside growing water infrastructure, evidenced by the Anderson Ranch Reservoir and Magic Reservoir.

Southward, the terrain levels into the agricultural plains near Gooding and Shoshone, where the Union Pacific Railroad links remote outposts such as Tikura Station and Pagari Station. The map also captures a significant military presence at the Mountain Home Air Force Base, showing its relationship to the vast Mountain Home Gunnery Range to the west. This period reflects Idaho’s balancing act between its industrial mining roots and its emerging identity as a premier wilderness destination.