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1913 Map of Weaverville

Name: 1913 Topographic Map of Weaverville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1942
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1942

About this map

Weaverville and the winding Trinity River anchor this early 20th-century survey of the gold-rich mountains across Trinity and Shasta Counties. The map reveals an industrial landscape defined by extensive mining operations, featuring prominent sites like the La Grange Mine and Globe Mine near the county seat. The proximity of remote settlements such as Minersville P.O. and Fairview to these operations underscores the region's total immersion in the extraction economy.

Outside of the main mining districts, the map documents a sparse network of agricultural outposts including Bowermans Ranch and Clements Ranch, tucked into the drainages of Swift Creek and Deadwood Creek. The terrain is punctuated by high peaks like Bully Choop Mtn and Shasta Bally, which served as surveying benchmarks for the Shasta National Forest. This record captures the area before modern infrastructure arrived, showing early post offices and ranches that formed the backbone of rural Northern California.