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1901 Map of Methow

Name: 1901 Topographic Map of Methow
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1908
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1908

About this map

The Methow River corridor at the dawn of the twentieth century reveals a remote landscape of early homesteading and mountain trails. Surveyed in the late 1890s, this area centers on the junction of the Twisp River and the Methow, where the nascent settlements of Winthrop, Twisp, and Silver served as supply points for prospectors and ranchers. The map traces the divide between Okanogan and Chelan Counties, following the high peaks of the Sawtooth Ridge and Oval Peak.

To the south, the deep waters of Lake Chelan emerge from the high country, while the northern reaches show early irrigation and travel routes around Pearrygin Lake and Patterson Lake. Much of the territory is contained within the Washington Forest Reserve, illustrating a time before modern road networks when simple trails were the primary connections between river valley hamlets and the high alpine ridges like North Navarre Peak.