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1966 Map of Wenatchee

Name: 1966 Topographic Map of Wenatchee
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1978
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1978

About this map

The Columbia River serves as the central artery for this mid-1960s survey, dividing the growing city of Wenatchee from East Wenatchee and the high plateaus of Douglas Co. The landscape reveals a transition from the industrial activity at Appleyard and the Burlington Northern rail lines to the fruit-growing terraces of Birch Flat and Baker Flats. Significant local infrastructure is present, including Fancher Field and a network of irrigation features like the aqueduct and various ditches that supported the region's agriculture.

Local history and genealogy are well-represented by numerous schools such as Wenatchee Valley Jr College and the Sunnyslope School, alongside several prominent burial grounds like Wenatchee Cem and Evergreen Memorial Park. To the south, the terrain steepens toward Squaw Saddle and Rooster Comb, where the Golden King Mine stands as a reminder of the area's geological and extractive history near Dry Gulch.