{"product_id":"old-map-of-brookings-oregon-by-usgs-1954-cape-ferrelo-chetco-river-harris-beach","title":"Old Map of Brookings, Oregon by USGS, 1954 – Cape Ferrelo, Chetco River \u0026 Harris Beach","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1965 from 1954 mapping, the US Geological Survey’s “Cape Ferrelo” presents the dramatic southwestern Oregon coast at a precise 1:62,500 scale. Centered on Brookings and the wind-carved headlands north and south of town, the map captures a mid-century landscape where the Pacific Ocean meets steep coastal ridges, river valleys, beaches, and forests. Its original title evokes Cape Ferrelo, one of the region’s defining promontories, while the sheet’s broader geography includes the Chetco River, Harris Beach, Whaleshead Beach, and the approaches toward Gold Beach. As both a scientific document and a portrait of place, it records the terrain before later decades of growth, conservation, and changing coastal land use reshaped the region.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe US Geological Survey brought to this map the disciplined clarity for which its topographic sheets are renowned. Contour lines articulate the rise and fall of the Coast Range with remarkable legibility, turning hills, ravines, and stream-cut valleys into an elegant graphic structure. Varying greens indicate vegetation and land cover, giving the sheet a subtle visual richness while retaining the practical precision expected of federal mapping. Roads, waterways, shorelines, and settlement patterns are arranged with understated authority, allowing the viewer to read both natural form and human presence at once. In the luxury of its restraint, the map demonstrates the USGS tradition: cartography as an exacting instrument, but also as a quietly beautiful interpretation of the American landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrookings occupies the heart of the map’s human geography, set between the Pacific shoreline and the wooded uplands that rise inland. In the 1950s, this was a community shaped by timber, fishing, transport routes, and its remarkable coastal setting. The map preserves that moment with roads, settlement traces, and land-use patterns that reveal a town still closely bound to river mouths, beaches, and forested slopes. The Chetco River, flowing toward the ocean near Brookings, provides one of the sheet’s essential organizing features, its valley offering a natural corridor through otherwise rugged terrain. Seen today, these details make the map especially evocative: a record of how infrastructure and settlement occupied the edge between wilderness and sea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe coastline shown here is among Oregon’s most compelling, and the map gives it a topographic language of cliffs, coves, points, and beaches. Harris Beach State Park, Whaleshead Beach, Secret Beach, and Cape Ferrelo appear within a shore zone defined by irregular headlands and the constant force of the Pacific. Offshore emptiness contrasts with the dense information inland, emphasizing the abrupt drama of the coast. Contours crowd near the shore where bluffs and ridges rise quickly, then spread through valleys and benches where creeks work their way toward the sea. Josephine Mountain and nearby uplands deepen the sense of relief, reminding the viewer that this is not merely a coastal map, but a meeting ground of oceanic and mountainous landscapes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a historical document, “Cape Ferrelo” offers more than location; it preserves a cultural and environmental snapshot of southwestern Oregon in the mid-twentieth century. The 1954 survey data records a region before many later changes in coastal tourism, park management, residential development, and environmental policy. The presence of places such as Gold Beach, Smith River, and Brookings situates the sheet within a broader Pacific borderland, where Oregon’s southern coast looks naturally toward northern California as well as the interior forests. Its measured depiction of terrain, vegetation, rivers, and settlement invites comparison between past and present. For collectors, it is a compelling example of USGS cartography at its best: accurate, atmospheric, and deeply rooted in the landscape it describes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCities, towns and places on this map\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrookings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCape Ferrelo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChetco River\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHarris Beach State Park\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePacific Ocean\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGold Beach\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhaleshead Beach\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJosephine Mountain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSmith River\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSecret Beach\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHistorical context \u0026amp; cartographic details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduced by the US Geological Survey (USGS), known for detailed and accurate mapping throughout the United States.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistorical 1:62,500 topographical map of Brookings, Oregon, and the surrounding area.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDated 1954 with a 1965 imprint.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUses clear contour lines to show elevation changes and topographical features.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVarying greens represent vegetation and land use.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCaptures the rugged terrain along the Pacific coastline, including hills and valleys.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProvides a mid-20th-century snapshot of regional development patterns and land usage.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eServes as a historical document of the geographical and cultural landscape of the Brookings area during the 1950s.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLooking for a particular place?\u003c\/strong\u003e Review the detailed images to confirm that the town, landmark or feature you have in mind appears on the map. If you are unsure, \u003ca target=\"”_blank”\" href=\"\/de\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003eask our workshop to check before you order\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDetailed maps are especially rewarding at larger sizes, where names, boundaries and decorative features have more room to be appreciated. Use the close-up preview and size guide to choose the right scale for your wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 50in (125cm). If you are looking for a larger map, please \u003ca href=\"\/de\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003eget in touch\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe model in the listing images is holding the 16x20in (40x50cm) version of this map.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhere personalisation is available, you can add a short title or dedication, mark one meaningful place, or request one considered visual detail. \u003ca target=\"”_blank”\" href=\"\/de\/pages\/map-personalisation\"\u003eSee personalised map examples\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEvery piece is printed to museum-grade archival standards using fade-resistant pigment inks on acid-free matte paper. Choose an unframed map print, framed map or canvas using the finish options above. 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