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1956 Map of Roberts

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Roberts
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1958
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1958

About this map

The Northern Pacific railroad corridor defines the development of this Carbon County landscape, following the fertile valley floor of Rock Creek as it cuts between the prominent elevations of West Bench and East Bench. At the northern end, the village of Roberts serves as a local hub, featuring the St Thomas Ch and the Roberts Cem. Further south, the map reveals the cultural footprint of rural settlement through features like Finnish Hall and the Fox Sch near the settlement of Fox.

Irrigation and resource management are evident in the numerous ditches and flumes crisscrossing the benches, supporting agricultural operations like the Sigel Farm. The era's industrial activity is captured through a scattered Gravel Pit, Oil Well, and Gas Well, while the natural drainage of Dry Creek Basin and Elbow Creek dictates the rugged road network. This survey, part of the Department of the Interior's Missouri River Basin development program, provides a detailed view of the infrastructure that sustained this ranching and mining community in the mid-1950s.