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1956 Map of Pringle

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Pringle
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1979
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1979

About this map

Pringle sits at the northern end of Beaver Valley, where the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad line cuts through the southern Black Hills. This 1956 survey reflects a landscape defined by ranching and small-scale mining operations, with numerous family-held properties such as the Shephard Ranch, Sagers Ranch, and Retzloff Ranch dotting the drainages of Cold Brook and Beaver Creek. The presence of the Townsite Mine, Lucky Strike Mine, and a Lime Kiln near the tracks indicates the industrial heritage of the area, where local resources were extracted and moved by rail.

Public lands dominate the southern and eastern portions of the map, including portions of Wind Cave National Park and the Black Hills National Forest. Notable landmarks like Elk Knob and the Twin Sisters Range overlook a network of canyons, including Shirttail Canyon and Wildcat Canyon. For local historians, the inclusion of sites like the Pringle Cem, Cold Spring Sch, and Page Sch provides essential locations for tracing early community life in Custer County.