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1919 Map of La Grange

Name: 1919 Topographic Map of La Grange
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1922
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1922

About this map

The Tuolumne River carves through this terrain near the border of Stanislaus and Tuolumne counties, centered on the settlement of La Grange. This 1915 survey, published in 1922, highlights the early water management infrastructure of the region, specifically the La Grange Dam and the network of irrigation channels including the Modesto Ditch and Turlock Ditch. These features reflect the era's transition toward large-scale agricultural development in the Central Valley foothills.

The map includes family-named landmarks and local institutions like the Live Oak School and Bassos Bridge, which provide valuable location data for genealogists. Low-lying areas such as Dawson Lake contrast with the local elevations of Indian Hill and Snake Hill. Significant portions of the quadrangle remain marked as a Preliminary Edition Unsurveyed Area, indicating the frontier of topographical recording at the time of the survey.