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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

The Green River carves a winding path through the canyon country of Browns Park, shaping a landscape of alluvial bottoms and high plateaus. In the mid-1950s, this area of Moffat County remained a remote frontier of cattle ranching and scattered homesteads. The topography is defined by the contrast between the fertile river flats, such as J S Hoy Bottom and Allen Bottom, and the looming presence of Diamond Mountain to the south.

Evidence of early ranching life is found in several family-named landmarks, including the Two Bar Ranch and Wilson Place. Several older homesteads, such as Spitzie Place and Sterling Place, were already marked as abandoned by 1954, reflecting the isolation of the high desert. Local education centered on the Lodore Sch, while access to the back country relied on a network of primitive routes like the Jeep Trail and various unnamed paths winding through Goodman Gulch.