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1954 Map of Mount Tyndall

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Mount Tyndall
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1991
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1991

About this map

The high-altitude landscape of Custer County in the early 1950s is defined here by its legacy of silver mining and ranching. Evidence of the region’s late 19th-century mining boom remains at Querida and Rosita, where the terrain is punctuated by historic workings like the Bassick Hill Mine. The rugged topography of the Rosita Hills and Mount Tyndall is crisscrossed by numerous gulches, such as Dead Mule Gulch and Boneyard Gulch, reflecting the complex drainage patterns required for early industrial and agricultural operations.

Social and economic structures are visible through the distribution of family holdings and community infrastructure, including the Armstrong Ranch and the Dry Lake Sch (Aband). Higher elevations transition into the protected timberlands of the San Isabel National Forest, while broad open areas like Boneyard Park and Silver Park offer a contrast to the steep ridges of McKinley Mountain and Sugarloaf Mtn.