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1955 Map of Sybille Springs

Name: 1955 Topographic Map of Sybille Springs
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1956
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1956

About this map

Farley Ranch and Radichle Ranch represent the cattle-rearing history of Albany County in the mid-1950s, situated among the high ridges of the Laramie Mountains. The landscape is defined by its water sources and topography, where Bluegrass Creek and the North Sybille Creek cut through the terrain near landmarks like Flat Top and Round Top.

A notable industrial detail is the Woods Mine (Inactive), which, along with the Old Wheatland Road, provides evidence of early resource extraction and transportation routes that bypassed the steeper reaches of Plumbago Canyon. This survey, produced for the development of the Missouri River Basin, captures a network of spring-fed drainages like Sybille Springs and seasonal reservoirs such as Moore Reservoir that were critical for ranching life in this high-altitude environment.