1948 Map of Los Alamos
USGS Topo · Published 1956About this map
Los Alamos Valley serves as the central corridor for this 1947 study, capturing the agricultural heart of Santa Barbara County's interior during the post-war era. The town of Los Alamos is meticulously detailed at the valley's northern edge, showing the original street grid, the Los Alamos School, and the nearby Los Alamos Cemetery on a rise overlooking the settlement. The landscape is defined by the complex drainage systems of the Purisima Hills and Santa Rita Hills, where numerous canyons like Drum Canyon and Cañada de los Cañaveras carve through the terrain. These natural features dictated the early ranching and land division boundaries, including the Santa Rita and Santa Rosa partitions. This map, reprinted from a military edition for civil use, provides an important record of rural land use before modern irrigation and development altered the character of the Santa Rita Valley.
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Editions of this 1948 Los Alamos Map
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