1961 Map of Pondosa

About this map

Lake Britton and the surrounding timberlands of the Shasta National Forest dominate this early 1960s landscape at the intersection of Siskiyou and Shasta Counties. The map documents a transition in local transportation and industry, featuring an extensive network of railroad grades and old railroad grades that once serviced the logging camps and mills of the region. Small settlements like Pondosa and Dana serve as focal points for local history, with the latter containing the Dana Cem near the Fall River. To the south, the McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park protects the dramatic geology of Burney Falls, while the hydroelectric infrastructure of the Pit River system is evident through various gaging stations and a large aqueduct near Camp Nine Flat. High-elevation landmarks such as Soldier Mtn, with its Soldier Mtn Lookout, provide a clear sense of the vertical terrain overlooking Cayton Valley.