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1943 Map of Shedd Canyon

Name: 1943 Topographic Map of Shedd Canyon
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1943
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1943

About this map

Huerhuero Rancho dominates the southern landscape of this 1943 survey, where family-named ranches and camps are scattered across the winding drainages of Huerhuero Creek. During the early war years, this region of San Luis Obispo County remained a remote patchwork of private holdings such as the Jackson & Reinhert Ranch and Upton Ranch, connected by the unpaved stretches of Creston Road and Shandon Road.

The presence of numerous U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey benchmarks, including USC & GS Shandon Windmill and USC & GS Almond P P, suggests the agricultural and surveying activity prevalent in the area. From Eddys Camp to the northern reaches of Dry Creek Canyon, the map provides a look at the rural infrastructure of the mid-20th century, documenting individual homesteads like those of J O Donovan and H Van Soosten that characterize the era's land use.