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1901 Map of Newcastle

Name: 1901 Topographic Map of Newcastle
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1901
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1901

About this map

Newcastle serves as the focal point of this 1899 survey, situated at the edge of the Black Hills Forest Reserve where the high country meets the plains of Weston County. The landscape is defined by the industrial and transport infrastructure of the era, specifically the Burlington and Missouri River R. R. and its Cambria Br., which reaches north into the rugged terrain near the mining settlement of Cambria. The mapping captures a network of early cattle operations and remote outposts, including the Lak Ranch and S and G Ranch.

Drainage systems like Beaver Creek and Stockade Beaver Creek carve through the topography, flanked by significant landmarks such as Mt. Pisgah and Alkali Butte. Small railroad stops and sidings like Pedro, Osage, Spencer Siding, and Clifton Siding reflect the logistical bones of the Wyoming-South Dakota borderlands before the turn of the century. The precision of Frank Tweedy and R.H. Chapman's triangulation provides a clear record of these early settlements and the canyons that shaped their expansion.