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1961 Map of Southwest Pueblo

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Southwest Pueblo
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1972
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1972

About this map

The southwest edge of Pueblo is defined here by a transition from organized urban development to the rolling topography of the Arkansas River basin. The city's mid-century expansion is evident through a concentration of educational and social landmarks, including the State Fairground and numerous community facilities such as South High Sch and Holy Family Ch. These residential blocks give way to more utilitarian landscapes to the south, where the industrial legacy of the region appears through Quarries and the hydraulic engineering of the Minnequa Canal.

Water management dominates the southern landscape, characterized by the St Charles Reservoir No 3 and its neighboring basins. Traces of older transport infrastructure, such as the Old Railroad Grade near Stem Beach, offer a glimpse into the changing transit patterns as the area shifted toward modern highway development like Burnt Mill Rd. Large cemetery tracts like Valhalla Memorial Park (Cemetery) and Mountain View Cemetery anchor the western urban fringe against the open terrain of Boggs Creek.