1966 Map of Pueblo

About this map

Pueblo and Colorado Springs anchor this mid-century survey of the Front Range, where the high plains meet the eastern slopes of the Sangre de Cristo Range and Wet Mountains. The landscape is defined by the industrial and military activity of the era, from the sprawling Fort Carson Military Reservation to the extensive Pueblo Ordnance Depot east of the city. Along the Arkansas River, a corridor of mining and manufacturing settlements like Florence, Portland, and Coal Creek highlights the region's reliance on mineral extraction, further evidenced by the Empire Zinc Mine and Canon Imperial Mine near Canon City.