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1893 Map of Paradise

Name: 1893 Topographic Map of Paradise
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1903
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1903

About this map

Paradise City sits at the center of this Humboldt County terrain, serving as a focal point between the high peaks of the Santa Rosa Mountains and the winding course of the Little Humboldt River. Surveyed in the early 1880s, the map documents a network of critical transit points such as Cane Springs Station, Flynn Station, and Willow Point Station, which provided essential stops for travelers moving through the high desert.

The southern edge of the sheet captures the vital transportation corridor where the Central Pacific R.R. follows the Humboldt River near Winnemucca Mt. To the west, the Quinn River drainage and the Slumbering Hills mark the transition toward more arid basins. Named peaks like Rose Mt and Capitol Peak dominate the skyline, while features such as Eden Valley and Mud Lake indicate the varied hydrologic character of the Great Basin landscape during this era of early Western settlement.