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1954 Map of Lodore School

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Lodore School
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

About this map

Brown Park and the winding course of the Green River define this northwestern Colorado landscape during the mid-1950s. The region is characterized by extensive river bottoms, including Flynn Bottom, Nelson Bottom, and Grimes Bottom, which likely served as the primary grazing and settlement areas for the valley's ranching operations. The local infrastructure of the era is anchored by the Lodore Sch and a series of named homesteads and ranches, such as the Two Bar Ranch, Wilson Place, and Calloway Place.

A notable pattern of early settlement is visible through several sites already noted as unoccupied by 1954, including Spitzie Place (Aband) and Buffham Place (Aband). To the south, the terrain rises sharply toward Diamond Mountain, cut by numerous drainage features like Yellow Jacket Draw and Davis Draw. This map records a quiet, rural era where travel was largely confined to a single Jeep Trail and seasonal tracks connecting isolated family holdings along the river.