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1942 Map of Morrison

Name: 1942 Topographic Map of Morrison
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1942
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1942

About this map

Red Rocks Park and its geological centerpiece, Creation Rock, dominate the center of this landscape where the Front Range meets the plains. Surveyed in 1938, the map illustrates a complex network of early water management including the Agricultural Ditch, Rocky Mtn Ditch, and Harriman Canal serving the lands east of the Hogback. The northern edge is anchored by the Colorado School of Mines and the State Reformatory near Golden, while the State Military Reservation (Camp George West) sits just below South Table Mountain.

Infrastructure of the era is evident in the Intermountain Line and the Alameda Parkway winding through the foothills. From the heights of Lookout Mountain and the Cody Monument down to the settlement of Morrison, the map reveals a transition from mountainous terrain to the developing valley, including now-established landmarks like the Orphanage and various family-named gulches and peaks like Mt Falcon.