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1955 Map of Tabbys Peak SE

Name: 1955 Topographic Map of Tabbys Peak SE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

About this map

The Cedar Mountains dominate the western portion of this mid-century survey, their slopes dropping sharply toward the desert flats. This area of Tooele County reveals a landscape defined by expansive institutional boundaries, notably the Dugway Proving Ground Military Reservation and a section of an Indian Reservation in the northern reaches. These designations reflect the mid-twentieth-century utilization of the Great Salt Lake Desert for restricted government and tribal purposes.

Narrow drainages such as Wide Hollow and Post Hollow cut through the rugged terrain, leading toward the broad expanse of Skull Valley. Notable landmarks include Hickman Knolls in the northeast. The map illustrates a transitional zone where the high desert peaks meet the valley floor, showing the early infrastructure of the military reservation and the remote nature of the terrain during the 1950s.