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1951 Map of Shoshoni

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Shoshoni
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

About this map

Shoshoni serves as the central hub of this 1951 landscape, situated at a critical junction of the Chicago and North Western railroad. The town's grid is clearly defined against the arid terrain of central Wyoming, where the drainage patterns of Poison Creek and Muskrat Creek dominate the topography. These intermittent waterways suggest a landscape where water management was paramount for survival and settlement.

Evidence of earlier ranching and failed attempts at permanent habitation is found to the south at the Carvner Homestead (Aband). Further into the backcountry, a solitary Windmill and the meandering path of Dry Cheyenne Creek illustrate the reliance on scattered resources in this portion of Fremont County. The map captures a moment when the railroad still dictated the spatial organization of the region before the shift toward modern highway dominance.