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1950 Map of Hot Springs

Name: 1950 Topographic Map of Hot Springs
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1966
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1966

About this map

Hot Springs serves as a focal point for medical and veteran history on this mid-century survey, prominently featuring the Battle Mountain National Sanitarium and the State Soldiers Home. The town’s civic infrastructure is well-defined, showing the National Cem and Evergreen Cem, along with local education sites like the High Sch and Grade Sch. To the north, water management is visible with a dam under construction forming Larive Lake within the canyon system.

The landscape is defined by the sharp transition from the Black Hills National Forest to the arid canyons of the Seven Sisters Range. Names like Slaughterhouse Canyon and Preacher Canyon hint at early ranching and frontier life, while the path of the Cheyenne River marks the southern boundary of the quadrangle. Transportation and utility developments are noted through the Flume near Falls Sch and the Hot Springs Municipal Airport at the southeastern edge of the map.