1964 Map of Maneater Creek

About this map

Medicine Bow National Forest occupies the southern portion of this landscape in Converse County, where the terrain rises sharply into Manning Ridge and the drainages of the West Fork and Mill Creek. The map documents a working ranching environment in the mid-1960s, evidenced by a network of isolated homesteads and water management features like Nagle Ditch No 3 and the Flowing Well. Life in this part of Wyoming was centered around named landholdings such as the Rauber Ranch, Middleton Ranch, and the Rogers Place, served by the Wagon Hound Sch. Transportation is characterized by established routes like the Upper Wagon Hound Road and numerous unnamed jeep trails that navigate the high country around Maneater Creek and La Bonte Creek. This survey provides a clear view of the rural infrastructure and land use patterns common to the high plains and foothills prior to modern development.