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1941 Map of Mobray

Name: 1941 Topographic Map of Mobray
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1941
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1941

About this map

The Wynoochee River winds through this coastal Washington landscape, where early twentieth-century timber operations and valley homesteads shaped the riverbanks. This 1941 advance sheet, prepared by the Corps Of Engineers, U. S. Army, documents a period of active industrial transition in Grays Harbor County. The presence of the Simpson Logging Co Road and Simpson Canyon highlights the dominance of the Simpson timber interests in the region's economy and infrastructure.

Genealogists and local historians can locate early settlement footprints at Mobray and Beckenhauer, alongside agricultural landmarks like the Wynoochee Valley Farm. The map's detailed drainage network, including the West Fork Satsop River and several forks of the Wishkah River, illustrates the complex geography that supported both logging flumes and early mountain trails. Notable civil engineering of the era is represented by a tunnel near the river and the recreational area around Sylvia Lake.