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1948 Map of Sherman Mountains

Name: 1948 Topographic Map of Sherman Mountains
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1958
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1958

About this map

Medicine Bow National Forest dominates this Wyoming landscape, where the high-altitude terrain of the Sherman Mountains meets the infrastructure of the Union Pacific railroad. The map documents a rugged transition where early twentieth-century ranching and military presence converge. Evidence of the region's ranching heritage is visible in the numerous family holdings, such as K P Ranch (Lindstroms Ranch) and Lady Heart 9 Ranch, which are interspersed between granite outcrops like Turtle Rock and the recreation areas at Vedauwoo Glen.

A significant corridor of transportation and history runs through the center of the sheet, featuring the Lincoln Highway and the high point of the transcontinental railroad at Sherman. The presence of the Pole Mountain Military Reservation and the Fort Francis E Warren Target and Maneuver Reservation underscores the strategic utility of this high plateau, while the Ames Monument stands as a lonely landmark to the industrial titans of the nineteenth century.