1954 Map of Taylor Mountains D-1

About this map

The Hoholitna River dominates this mid-century Alaskan interior landscape, winding through a complex network of wetlands and elevation contours. Captured during a period when mapping was heavily reliant on aerial photography and photogrammetric methods by the Army Map Service, the terrain remains largely untouched by roads or trails. The confluence of the river with the South Fork and Hook Creek highlights the drainage patterns of this remote region, where land lines were predetermined by the Bureau of Land Management but not yet field-checked or marked. The map illustrates the serpentine nature of subarctic waterways before significant human infrastructure reached this part of the Taylor Mountains.