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1922 Map of Hullville

Name: 1922 Topographic Map of Hullville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1922
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1922

About this map

Hullville and the surrounding wilderness of Lake County were documented in this 1916 survey, just years before the landscape would be fundamentally altered by the creation of Lake Pillsbury. The settlement of Hullville, situated at a bend in the South Fork Eel River, serves as the primary hub for the region's early residents. The map captures a network of family-named settlements and outposts like Smith, Masons, Squires, and Poole scattered along the drainages of Soda Creek and Pamore Creek.

The geography is dominated by high ridges including Honey Mt and Elko Mt, which look down upon Gravelly Valley. Remote camps such as Boardman Camp are reached by trails and wagon roads that follow the steep contours of Horse Pasture Gulch and Squaw Gulch. This Army Corps of Engineers reconnaissance provides a primary look at the pre-inundation river valley, preserving the locations of homesteads and landmarks like Yorke and Big Rock before they were submerged or isolated by rising waters.