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1908 Map of Laramie

Name: 1908 Topographic Map of Laramie
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1949
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1949

About this map

Laramie serves as the focal point of this high-plains landscape, where the Union Pacific and Laramie Hahns Peak and Pacific RR converge. The survey reveals an extensive network of early Wyoming ranching, mapping numerous family holdings such as Alsop's Ranch, Millbrook Ranch, and Pahlo's Ranch. These properties are situated amidst a complex hydrologic system including the Little Laramie River and geological depressions like The Big Hollow and the Big Basin.

Industrial and natural resource extraction is evident at the Union Pacific Soda Lakes, while the western edge of the map reaches into the timbered foothills of the Medicine Bow Nat For. To the south, the Wyoming Colorado Boundary Line separates the high basin from the rising elevations of Jelm Mtn and Boulder Ridge. Notable early landmarks include the Fish Hatchery and Leroy Bridge, illustrating the early 20th-century development of Albany County infrastructure.