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1953 Map of Louis Lake

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Louis Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1955
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1955

About this map

Louis Lake serves as the central hub of this high-elevation landscape within the Shoshone National Forest, as documented in the early 1950s. The presence of the Louis Lake Resort and a Guard Station reflects the area's mid-century role as a center for forest management and mountain recreation. Water management is a defining characteristic of the terrain, evidenced by the Keeling Ditch and a dense network of drainages including the Little Popo Agie River and Rock Creek.

Resource use and movement across the high country are traced through the Shoshone Stock Driveway and the Louis Lake Trail, which navigate between prominent elevations like Limestone Mountain and Iron Mtn. From the open expanses of Grannier Meadow to the depths of Big Hermit Gulch, the map details a wilderness area structured by seasonal grazing and hydraulic engineering during the Missouri River Basin development era.