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1893 Map of Paradise

Name: 1893 Topographic Map of Paradise
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1900
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1900

About this map

Paradise City serves as the central hub of this northern Nevada landscape, surveyed during the early 1880s by A.L. Webster under the direction of G.K. Gilbert. The terrain is dominated by the north-south spine of the Santa Rosa Mountains, which separate the drainage of the Quinn River to the west from the Little Humboldt River and the fertile expanse of Eden Valley to the east. The map records a critical era of Western transit, showing the Central Pacific R.R. following the curve of the Humboldt River at the bottom edge near Winnemucca Mt.

Remote outposts such as Cane Springs Station, Flynn Station, and Willow Point Station trace the established wagon and stage routes of the period. To the north, the Oregon Nevada Boundary Line marks the limit of the reconnaissance, while the eastern reaches give way to the more arid basins containing Mud Lake and the Little Owyhee River. Distinctive peaks like Bloody Run Peak and the Slumbering Hills anchor the southwestern corner, illustrating the complex basin-and-range topography of Humboldt County.