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1991 Map of Snake River

Name: 1991 Topographic Map of Snake River
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1992
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1992

About this map

Lake Sacajawea dominates this high-desert landscape where the Snake River serves as the dividing line between Franklin and Walla Walla counties. The early 1990s terrain reveals an economy built around industrial agriculture and river transport, characterized by numerous storage bins and a prominent grain elevator situated near the water. The Union Pacific railroad tracks hug the eastern shoreline, connecting river-bound settlements like Walker and Sheffler to the broader regional network.

Evidence of early rural education and family settlement is visible in the placement of the Star Sch along Star School Road. The plateau above the river is carved by McCoy Canyon and a grid of secondary routes like Mc Clenny Road and Pederson Road, which facilitated the movement of goods to the river's edge. This survey, updated with underwater contours by the USCE, provides a detailed look at the modified river channel and the scattered outposts that defined this agricultural corridor.