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1969 Map of Jensen Meadows

Name: 1969 Topographic Map of Jensen Meadows
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1973
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1973

About this map

Continental Divide crests through this high-altitude landscape in Sublette County, marking a fundamental geographic boundary within the Bridger National Forest. The map documents a critical intersection of western migration history, where the Emigrant Trail and the Lander Road traverse the terrain. Notably, the Lander Cutoff is clearly delineated as it passes through Jensen Meadows, following the drainage of Little Sandy Creek.

Evidence of early administrative and resource management is found at the Dutch Joe Guard Station, while the northeastern portion of the sheet transitions into the protected Bridger Wilderness. The presence of landmarks like Block and Tackle Hill and the small settlement at Mitchell near a southern Slough provides specific points of interest for those tracing historic travel routes or early twentieth-century land use in the Wyoming high country.