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1968 Map of Rock Springs

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Rock Springs
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1978
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1978

About this map

Rock Springs serves as the industrial and civic anchor of this 1968 landscape, situated where Killpecker Creek meets Bitter Creek. The town is mapped in great detail, showing the expanding campus of Western Wyoming Community College and numerous local schools like Lowell Sch and Washington Sch. The surrounding terrain of the North Baxter Basin and South Baxter Basin is defined by a legacy of resource extraction, with the Swanson Mine to the north and the Rainbow Mine and a Strip Mine located further south near Quealy.

Logistics and transport patterns are evident in the path of the Union Pacific railroad and the Overland Trail, which follows the contours of the creek beds. Purple revisions from 1976 highlight the growth of residential areas and the Sewage Disposal infrastructure, while landmarks such as the Mountain View Cem and the local Hospital provide essential touchstones for genealogists tracking family history in the area during this period of mid-century development.