1951 Map of Talkeetna Mountains C-1

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The Susitna River and its major tributaries dominate this subarctic landscape in the early 1950s, revealing an intricate network of waterways before modern development. The confluence of the Tyone River and the Oshetna River with the Susitna highlights the importance of these natural corridors for movement through the Matanuska-Susitna region. High points like Vabm 4503 Oshetna and Lone Butte provide relief over a terrain largely defined by low-lying swamps and smaller drainage systems including Tyone Creek and Sanona Creek. A lone Cabin situated near the Black River in the southwest corner represents the very sparse human footprint in this wilderness during the mid-century, while the Seward Meridian and East Boundary lines mark the early efforts of the Bureau of Land Management to survey and organize this remote Alaskan interior.