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1945 Map of Lebec

Name: 1945 Topographic Map of Lebec
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1945
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1945

About this map

The San Andreas Rift Valley cuts a prominent northwest-to-southeast path across this mid-1940s survey of the mountain passes between the Central Valley and Southern California. This corridor serves as the primary artery for transportation, carrying the winding route of highway 99 through Castaic Valley and past the settlement of Lebec. The map captures the infrastructure of the era, including the California Southern Edison Transmission Line and the LA-SF Airway Beacon, critical for early aviation navigation along this treacherous mountain route.

Local life is concentrated in small pockets like Gorman and near Quail Lake, where the Quail Lake School and Quail Lake Inn represent the social and commercial hubs of the high desert transition. Large landholdings such as Bailey Ranch sit near the borders of the Los Padres National Forest, while the northern portion of the sheet is dominated by the Tehachapi Mountains and the natural basin of Castaic Lake.