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1907 Map of Younts Peak

Name: 1907 Topographic Map of Younts Peak
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1907
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1907

About this map

Dubois and the surrounding ranchlands of the Yellowstone Forest Reserve define this 1907 survey of the upper Wind River country. The map captures a frontier landscape where early settlement is marked by family-named holdings such as Rocking Chair Ranch, Weltys Hall, and Hinton's Ranch. The high-altitude geography of the Absaroka Mountains and the Continental Divide dominates the northern half of the sheet, featuring the glacial origins of the Yellowstone River near Younts Peak.

Resource extraction and early tourism appear through labels for Clarks Placer Mines and geothermal features like Old Geysers and the Natural Bridge. The survey documents the difficult terrain navigated by early travelers along the Esmond Trail and through high passes like Pierpont Pass and Shoshone Pass, providing a detailed record of the remote encampments and ranching outposts established before the modern development of northwestern Wyoming.