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1961 Map of San Miguel

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of San Miguel
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1968
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1968

About this map

The Salinas River corridor defines the southwestern portion of this landscape, where the Southern Pacific Railroad and U S Highway 101 parallel the river near the settlement of San Miguel. The map records a pivotal era for the region, documenting the extensive footprint of the Camp Roberts Military Reservation and its East Garrison during the early 1960s. This military landscape is juxtaposed against the older, rural ranching geography of the Monterey Co San Luis Obispo Co border, where deep canyons like Vineyard Canyon and Cholame Valley cut through the hills.

Local history details are preserved in the back-country, including the Indian Valley Sch and the Imusdale Cem near the small settlement of Imusdale. The rugged topography north of Valleton is marked by named features such as The Narrows and Stockdale Mtn, illustrating the difficult terrain that historically dictated the placement of roads and homesteads before the mid-century expansion of regional infrastructure.