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1915 Map of Wellington

Name: 1915 Topographic Map of Wellington
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1948
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1948

About this map

Wellington serves as the primary settlement on this survey of Carbon County, situated at the junction where the Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad meets the Price River. The map captures a high-desert landscape defined by the dramatic escarpment of the Book Cliffs, which separates the high plateaus of Emma Park from the broad expanse of Clark Valley. To the south, the Midland Trail provides a clear view of early transcontinental travel routes through the region, following the path of the railroad and the Sunnyside Branch line.

Local history is preserved through the locations of early homesteads and outposts, including Edwards Ranch, Youngs Ranch, and Big Spring Ranch. These sites, along with the settlement of Farnham downstream from Wellington, indicate the scattered nature of ranching and early commerce before significant modern development. Numerous drainages such as Soldier Creek, Coal Creek, and Dugout Creek reveal the natural irrigation patterns that dictated where these early settlers established their lives.