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1959 Map of Lake Travis

USGS Topo · Published 1964

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The Colorado River corridor west of Austin is defined here by the massive engineering of the Mansfield Dam, which impounds the waters of Lake Travis. This 1959 field-checked survey illustrates the transition from the capital's urban fringe at Camp Mabry Military Res and the Municipal Golf Course to the rural Jollyville Plateau. The landscape is a network of deep drainage basins like Bull Creek and Barton Creek cutting through limestone hills. Notable social markers of the era include Camp Tom Wooten and the State Farm near the Williamson Co line. Smaller communities like Pond Springs and Volente appear as modest settlements before the suburban expansion of later decades, while transportation is still routed along the Old RR Grade and the Missouri Pacific RR.

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Map Details

Date Portrayed1959
Date Published1964
PublisherU.S. Geological Survey
Map TypeTopographic
Scale1:62,500
Physical Dimensions18 x 20.9 inches

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SourceU.S. Geological Survey
CopyrightPublic Domain