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1958 Map of Harrah

Name: 1958 Topographic Map of Harrah
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1960
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1960

About this map

The agrarian landscape of the Yakima Valley is defined here by an intricate network of irrigation, captured in the late 1950s. The town of Harrah sits as a central hub, surrounded by a grid of numbered laterals and major arteries like the Main Canal and Highline Canal. This system transformed the arid geography of Dills Bench and Olney Flat into a productive agricultural region, with the Northern Pacific railroad corridor providing the essential connection for moving local goods.

Smaller settlements such as Brownstown and Farron are linked by a dense network of family-named thoroughfares, including Vogler Road, Granholm Road, and Mc Donald Road. The presence of several powerhouses and the Reservation Memorial Park reflects the civic and industrial infrastructure supporting these rural communities during a period of steady development within the Yakima Indian Reservation boundaries.