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1971 Map of Mountain View

Name: 1971 Topographic Map of Mountain View
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1974
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1974

About this map

The Grande Ronde River cuts a deep course through the southeastern corner of Washington, defining a landscape of high ridges and narrow gulches within the Umatilla National Forest. In the early 1970s, this area near the Oregon border was a tapestry of grazing lands and timber, where the small settlement of Mountain View stood near the prominent Mountain View Whitetail Butte. The map reveals a land managed for its natural resources and rugged geography, evidenced by numerous springs such as Seven Sisters Spring and Chile Spring that supported local livestock and forestry operations.

Local history and genealogy are anchored by family-named landmarks and small burial sites, including the Autrey Cem and another lone Cem located near the river. Traces of early industrial and transit history appear in the form of a Mine on Sawtooth Ridge, several Corral sites, and a network of remote access routes like Buford Road and various Jeep Trails that traverse the steep terrain between Anatone Butte and the river banks.