2019 Map of Old Roach

About this map

The Medicine Bow Mountains define this high-altitude borderland between Colorado and Wyoming. Within this 2019 survey, the settlement of Old Roach sits at the nexus of several timber and forest roads, including the Roach and Grace Creek Spur. The landscape is a complex network of historical water management, featuring numerous diversions such as the Stuck Cr Ditch, Warren Ditch, and Biller and Boswell Ditch, which channel water toward the Laramie River in the northeastern corner. For genealogists and local historians, specific burial sites are clearly marked, including the Tathem Cem and the individual Robert Williamson Grave. This terrain, shared between the Medicine Bow National Forest and Roosevelt National Forest, remains a primary site for studying high-country irrigation and early mountain homesteading legacy.