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1950 Map of Mt. Hayes D-1

Name: 1950 Topographic Map of Mt. Hayes D-1
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1989
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1989

About this map

Fort Greely Military Reservation dominates this 1950s interior landscape, showcasing a critical era of Cold War infrastructure and northern transportation. The Richardson Highway serves as the primary north-south artery, accompanied by the Trans-Alaska Pipeline and Pumping Station No 9. This alignment of road and energy infrastructure reflects the strategic importance of the corridor between the Delta River and Jarvis Creek.

Logistics and aviation are anchored by the Allen AAF Airport and an associated FAA Station, while the terrain rises sharply in the south toward the prominent Donnelly Dome and the heights of Granite Mountain. Small settlements like Donnelly and military sites such as the Rifle Range provide fine-scale detail for researchers tracing the development of this subarctic region before later twentieth-century expansions.