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1964 Map of Santa Rosa

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Santa Rosa
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1964
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1964

About this map

The Russian River valley and the surrounding coastal ranges are captured here just as the Wine Country and North Bay regions were transitioning into their modern forms. This survey highlights significant institutional and military footprints from the early 1960s, including the Mare Island Naval Reservation, the Benicia Arsenal, and Hamilton Air Force Base. The landscape is a complex of agricultural valleys, rancherias such as the Middletown Rancheria, and burgeoning educational centers like Sonoma State College.

Transit networks are dominated by the Northwestern Pacific RR and Southern Pacific RR, which served the industrial and agricultural hubs of Petaluma and Santa Rosa. Along the coast, the newly established Point Reyes National Seashore protects a dramatic shoreline from Point Reyes up to Point Arena, while inland, the detailed topography of Mt St Helena and the The Palisades defines the boundary of the Napa and Lake County basins.