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1908 Map of Laramie

Name: 1908 Topographic Map of Laramie
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1925
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1925

About this map

The Laramie River anchors this early twentieth-century survey of Albany County, where the growing railroad hub of Laramie sits at the junction of the Union Pacific RR Main Line and the Laramie Hahns Peak and Pacific. The landscape is defined by the massive geological depression of the Big Hollow and the Big Basin, alongside a network of numerous small lakes and alkaline bodies like Alkali Lake and the Union Pacific Soda Lakes.

Ranching culture is extensively documented across the Laramie Plains, with dozens of family-named sites such as Homer's Ranch, Alsop's Ranch, and Sodergreen's Ranch. In the southeast, the topography rises toward Boulder Ridge, while the northern reaches show the winding path of Footmile Creek and Little Browns Creek. Notable local infrastructure includes the Fish Hatchery and the Leroy Bridge, providing a detailed look at the agricultural and industrial foundations of the Laramie area before later twentieth-century development.