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1948 Map of Standard

Name: 1948 Topographic Map of Standard
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

Gold mining operations and timber transit networks define this 1948 topographic landscape in Tuolumne County. The Sierra RR and the Pickering Lumber Corp RR provide the industrial backbone of the region, converging near the town of Standard. To the north, the historic community of Soulsbyville is surrounded by legacy hard-rock operations such as the Soulsby Mine, Chickenfeed Mine, and Black Oak Mine.

Social life in the rural foothills is anchored by family-named ranch lands and civic markers like the Algerine School and Morgan Chapel. The southern portion of the sheet is dominated by the steep descent to the Tuolumne River, where the Wards Ferry Bridge crosses near the Mt Diablo Base Line. This survey captures the area after the peak of the gold rush but before modern development, preserving the locations of numerous mountain ranches like Barron Ranch and Gandolfo Ranch.