1961 Map of Izee

About this map

Izee sits at the heart of this 1961 survey, a remote settlement in the high country of the Malheur National Forest. The landscape is defined by the drainage of Murderers Creek and the South Fork John Day River, showing a mid-century period when forest management and small-scale resource extraction shaped the territory. A string of mining operations including the Reba Westfall Mine, Reba Bros Mine, and York and Runnels Mine are clustered near the headwaters of Dans Creek and Floattail Creek, indicating active prospecting in the Grant County mountains during this era.