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1929 Map of Quincy School

Name: 1929 Topographic Map of Quincy School
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1929
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1929

About this map

Quincy Sch stands as a focal point in this 1920s topography of the California foothills, situated near the winding course of the White River. This preliminary survey, conducted by Bishop Moorhead, documents a transitional landscape where the lowlands meet the rising elevations of the Sierras. The map is defined by the Tulare Co Kern Co Boundary Line, which bisects the terrain just north of Rag Gulch.

A notable modern intrusion on this early twentieth-century landscape is the Southern California Edison Company Transmission Line, which cuts a straight path across the varied relief of Telegraph Flat and Tyler Gulch. The contrast between these engineered lines and the natural drainages highlights the early expansion of electrical infrastructure into rural Tulare and Kern counties, providing genealogists and local historians a precise view of the region's development before widespread settlement.