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1911 Map of Meadows

Name: 1911 Topographic Map of Meadows
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1946
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1946

About this map

Meadows and the surrounding high country of the Payette National Forest appear here in a survey from the early twentieth century. This was a period of established rail transport and scattered agricultural settlements throughout the Meadow Valley and along the Weiser River. The Pacific and Northern Idaho R. R. serves as a primary transit corridor, connecting small station points like Fruitvale, Evergreen, and Starkey.

Genealogists and local historians can trace the early community structure through numerous rural school sites, such as Star School, Hell School, and Duck Creek School. The map captures the lakeside development at Payette Lake with McCall and Lardo at the southern shore, alongside family-named landmarks like Yorks Ranch and Stevens. To the south, the settlements of Roseberry, Crawford, and Van Wyck sit in the valley of the North Fork Payette River, showing the dispersed nature of early Idaho homesteading before mid-century changes.