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1958 Map of Hay Meadow Reservoir

Name: 1958 Topographic Map of Hay Meadow Reservoir
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1980
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1980

About this map

The Emigrant Trail bisects this Wyoming landscape, tracing a diagonal path through the high desert where Sublette, Fremont, and Sweetwater counties meet. This 1958 survey captures a terrain defined by its importance to westward expansion, preserving the locations of critical waypoints like the Dry Sandy Stage and Pony Express Sta Site and another Historical Site (Stage Sta) at the Mc Cam Ranch. These sites mark the transition between the drainage of Dry Sandy Creek and the southeastern flow of Pacific Creek.

Water management in this arid region is evidenced by the Hay Meadow Reservoir and several named seasonal drainages including Sulphur Creek and Whitehorse Creek. Scattered Historical Monuments and an Oil Well reflect the dual legacy of preservation and resource extraction common to this high-plains corridor. The map serves as a vital record of the physical traces left by the Pony Express and early stagecoach lines.