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1954 Map of Windy Peak

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Windy Peak
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1955
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1955

About this map

Windy Peak rises as the central landmark in this mid-century survey of the high mountain terrain where the Kenosha Mountains meet the Tarryall Mountains. The landscape is a network of isolated homesteads and high-altitude valleys, including Wigwam Park and the broad Bluestem Meadows. Throughout the Pike National Forest, travel is largely restricted to a series of Pack Trails and (Jeep) Trails that follow the drainages of Wigwam Creek and East Lost Park Creek.

Settlement patterns are defined by family-named ranching operations such as Sunnyside Ranch, Soderstrom Ranch, and Bancroft Ranch, while Sylvania of the Rockies suggests the region's mid-century development for seasonal recreation. The detailed surveying reveals numerous Beaver Ponds along the watercourses, illustrating the natural water management of these high drainage basins before more intensive modern development.