1893 Map of Paradise

About this map

Santa Rosa Mountains dominate this late 19th-century landscape, anchoring a high-desert environment where water sources dictated settlement patterns. Surveyed by A.L. Webster in 1882, the map documents the Oregon Nevada Boundary Line at the northern edge, with the small outpost of Mc Dermit serving as a remote gateway. The transition from high peaks like Santa Rosa Peak to the broad basin of the Little Humboldt River reveals the early infrastructure of the region, specifically along the southern corridor where the Southern Pacific R.R. skirts Winnemucca Mt.