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1886 Map of Tusayan

Name: 1886 Topographic Map of Tusayan
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1906
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1906

About this map

Province of Tusayan villages sit atop mesas in this early reconnaissance survey, capturing a moment when traditional Hopi and Tewa life intersected with expanding frontier infrastructure. The map documents several First Mesa, Second Mesa, and Third Mesa settlements, including Oraibi, Walpi, and Si-chom-ivi, alongside the administrative post at Keams Cañon. To the south, the landscape changes abruptly as the Little Colorado River valley facilitates new growth, marked by the arrival of the Atlantic and Pacific Rail Road.

Winslow and the Mormon settlements of Brigham City and Sunset represent the late-nineteenth-century push into the High Desert. The document preserves the exact location of numerous vital water sources, from Jetty-to-Spring to Comar Spring, which dictated the travel and survival routes of the era. This map is a critical record of Apache County before later political subdivisions, showing the original Moki Indian Res. Line and landmarks like Giants Chair and Monument Point.