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1962 Map of Jenny Lind

Name: 1962 Topographic Map of Jenny Lind
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1969
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1969

About this map

Gopher Ridge divides the landscape where the foothills meet the valley floor in the early 1960s. To the west, the Calaveras River winds past the historic settlement of Jenny Lind and the Plymouth Rock Mine, where extensive Tailings deposits reveal the area's gold-mining legacy. This survey captures a significant moment in California water management, showing areas slated for inundation by the New Hogan Reservoir and the established Salt Spring Valley Reservoir to the east.

Industry and transport patterns are centered around Milton, serving as a hub for the Southern Pacific railroad line and the Milton Road. Local genealogy is anchored by established family operations like the Gann Ranch and Tower Ranch, while abandoned infrastructure such as the Old McCormick Reservoir and the McCarty Mine highlight the shifting priorities of land use from extraction to water storage and ranching during this period.