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1923 Map of Hiawatha

Name: 1923 Topographic Map of Hiawatha
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1972
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1972

About this map

Hiawatha Mine and the Mohrland Mine anchor the industrial landscape of the Wasatch Plateau in this early 1920s record. These heavy coal operations, linked by the Utah Railway, define the eastern slopes where canyons like Mill Fork and Rilda Canyon cut through Gentry Mountain. The map reveals a transition from the intensive mining camps of Hiawatha and Mohrland to the agricultural reaches of Castle Valley and the Horn Mountain foothills.

Legacy ranching sites such as Brockbank Ranch and Swaseys Ranch sit along the drainage of Huntington Creek, while the Upper Joes Ranger Station marks the higher elevations. Smaller operations like the Huntington Mine and Old Johnson Mine are scattered throughout the interior, connected by the rugged Ephraim Castle Road and various mountain trails, illustrating the era's reliance on both rail and remote road networks.