1963 Map of Summerville

About this map

The Grande Ronde Valley meets the rising timbered slopes of the Blue Mountains on this mid-century survey of northeastern Oregon. The community of Summerville sits at the edge of the flat valley floor, where an intricate network of rural roads like Glenn Road and Woodell Lane serve the agricultural landscape. To the west, the terrain rises sharply into the Umatilla National Forest and Whitman National Forest, defined by a sequence of prominent ridges such as Herron Ridge and Frizzell Ridge. At the summit of Mt Emily, a Lookout Tower overlooks the canyons below, including the evocatively named Fiddlers Hell. This map records the transition between the irrigated valley floor, marked by the Ordell Ditch, and the high-elevation forests dotted with vital water sources like Telephone Spring and Crystal Spring, essential for the region's logging and grazing history.