1962 Map of Long Tom Mtn

About this map

Salmon River waters and the Middle Fork Salmon River define this wilderness corridor along the Lemhi and Idaho County border. Surveyed in the early 1960s, the map reveals a landscape accessed primarily by water or rugged tracks like the Bear Basin Trail (Jeep) and Stoddard Trail. Local cultural history is marked by Indian Petroglyphs near the mouth of Colson Creek and the remote Airstrip at Ebenezer Bar. Higher elevations reach toward Long Tom Mountain and Horse Heaven, where lookouts once monitored the timber of the Salmon National Forest. This document captures the primitive recreation and transport infrastructure of the era, from the Stoddard Bridge to the dangerous navigation at Long Tom Rapids.