1971 Map of Wasco

About this map

Wasco serves as the focal point of this Sherman County landscape, shown here during a period of infrastructure revision in the early 1970s and 1980s. The town's economy is clearly tied to the surrounding wheat country, evidenced by the Grain Elevator and numerous Storage Bins situated along the industrial corridor. The transportation history of the region is etched into the terrain by the presence of an Old RR Grade and the Old Railroad Grade winding through Spanish Hollow, marking the paths of former rail lines that once moved agricultural goods through these deep canyons.