1957 Map of Wenatchee

Extensive national forests, including the Snoqualmie National Forest and Wenatchee National Forest, dominate the interior, punctuated by the development of the Howard Hanson Reservoir and the management of high-altitude water bodies like Chester Morse Lake. From the timber and mining outposts of Index and Grotto to the recreational emergence of Lake Wenatchee State Park, the document reveals a landscape transitioning between early twentieth-century extraction and the modern era of infrastructure and conservation.