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1918 Map of Kerby

Name: 1918 Topographic Map of Kerby
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1918
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1918

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Siskiyou National Forest dominates this 1915 survey of southwest Oregon, where the rugged terrain of the Bald Mountains and the Chetco River headwaters shaped early industrial and government activity. The map reveals a landscape defined by the extraction of minerals and the management of timber, evidenced by numerous claims like the Eureka Mine and Queen of Bronze Mine. These operations were supported by small, dispersed settlements and administrative outposts such as Kerby, Waldo, and the Ferren Ranger Station.

A network of early schools, including Floyd and White School, served the families of the Illinois Valley, while isolated cabins like the McGregor Cabin and White Cabin suggest a frontier lifestyle at the edge of the wilderness. The presence of the Wimer Road and various ranger stations indicates an era of increasing connectivity and federal oversight in Josephine and Curry Counties before modern highway systems were established.