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1959 Map of Squaw Spring

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of Squaw Spring
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1962
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1962

About this map

The Little Medicine Bow River winds through this high-country landscape at the intersection of four Wyoming counties, including Natrona and Albany. In the late 1950s, the area remained a remote ranching frontier defined by isolated outposts like Taylor Ranch and the Old Kamp Place. Family-named landmarks such as the Eggleston Homestead and Higginson Homestead mark the sparse settlement pattern, while a local Cem and the Little Medicine Sch serve as the focal points for the rural community.

Logistics across this terrain are shaped by the Dugway Rim and the historic Old Medicine Bow Casper Road, which cuts through the southwestern corner of the quadrangle. Northward, the land rises into the Medicine Bow National Forest, where drainage systems like Deer Creek and Texas Creek flow through the high ridges. The map records a specific moment of land use before modern consolidation, preserving the names of springs and draws essential to high-desert survival.