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1952 Map of Jessup Gulch

Name: 1952 Topographic Map of Jessup Gulch
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1954
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1954

About this map

Piceance Creek meanders through the heart of this Western Slope landscape, serving as the primary corridor for movement and settlement in the early 1950s. The valley floor is punctuated by family ranching operations, including the Redd Ranch and two properties held by the Oldland family: Walter Oldland Ranch and Gerald Oldland Ranch. These sites, along with the Stewart School, reflect a rural society organized around the drainage systems that carve through the high plateau.

Away from the creek, the terrain is defined by a dense network of gulches, such as Gardenhire Gulch and the complex forks of Stewart Gulch. The presence of a Gas Well in the northeastern uplands near Oldland Gulch indicates the early industrial footprint of energy extraction in Rio Blanco County, while the Redd Cow Camp in the southern reaches highlights the seasonal patterns of high-country grazing.