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1949 Map of Picketpost Mtn

Name: 1949 Topographic Map of Picketpost Mtn
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1949
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1949

About this map

Picketpost Mountain anchors the high desert terrain of the Crook National Forest in this 1949 survey. The map details a landscape transitioning from pioneer-era mining and ranching to mid-century industrial transit, centered on the Magma Arizona Railroad corridor. Along the banks of Queen Creek, the Old Pinal Townsite remains as a marker of the region's earlier silver mining booms, while the Thompson Arboretum reflects a scientific interest in the local flora.

Remote outposts and watering holes like Queens Station and Hewitt Station are scattered across the arid terrain, connected by a network of ephemeral drainages such as Silver King Wash and Telegraph Canyon. The presence of the Bum Boy Mine (Aban'd) near Hewitt Canyon illustrates the cycle of extraction that shaped Pinal County. This survey captures the region just as the postwar era began to stabilize the local landscape of camps, windmills, and transit lines.