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1954 Map of Wolf Point

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Wolf Point
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1966
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1966

About this map

The Little Popo Agie River carves a deep path through this mid-century Wyoming landscape, creating a dramatic canyon system that dominates the southeastern terrain. In the mid-1950s, this area of Fremont County remained primarily ranching land, as evidenced by established operations like the Whitehead Ranch and Wilkinson Ranch, along with the Wilkinson Sheep Sheds. The human geography is tied closely to the water courses, with rural education centers such as Lower Willow Creek Sch and Madison Creek Sch situated near the drainages that supported these remote homesteads.

A distinct boundary separates the high country of the Shoshone National Forest in the west, where Young Mountain and Wolf Point rise above the basins. The map captures the infrastructure of early resource management, from the irrigation Ditch networks near Dry Lake to a solitary abandoned Oil Well south of Red Canyon. This survey illustrates the transition from the high forest peaks down to the complex draws and gulches like Randolph Gulch and Weed Draw.