{"product_id":"old-map-of-lander-wyoming-by-usgs-1952-wind-river-boysen-reservoir","title":"Old Map of Lander, Wyoming by USGS, 1952 – Wind River \u0026 Boysen Reservoir","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1954 from 1952 survey data, the US Geological Survey’s “Lander Quadrangle” presents a finely measured portrait of west-central Wyoming at a moment of mid-century transition. At 1:24,000 scale, it brings the town of Lander and its immediate surroundings into close focus, balancing civic detail with the rugged physical geography that defines the region. Streets, roads, trails, watercourses, and land divisions are set within a disciplined topographic framework, while carefully drawn contour lines reveal the rise and fall of the terrain. The result is both a practical navigational document and a historical snapshot, capturing the Lander landscape before many later changes in infrastructure, recreation, and land use reshaped the area.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLander occupies a distinctive place on the Wyoming map, lying near the eastern approach to the Wind River Range and serving as a gateway between settled valleys, high country, and broad interior basins. This quadrangle records the town not as an abstract dot, but as a lived-in place connected by roads, tracks, and surrounding rural patterns. Nearby valleys, ridges, and drainage corridors are rendered with the quiet precision typical of USGS work, giving the viewer an immediate sense of why settlement developed where it did. The map’s topography tells a story of movement: water descending from uplands, roads following practicable grades, and human activity arranged around the constraints and opportunities of the Wyoming landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe cartographic language of the map is especially compelling. Contour lines, drawn with close attention to slope and interval, make the terrain legible at a glance, revealing ridges, draws, valley floors, and subtle changes in elevation. Water features, including the Wind River and Sweetwater River systems in the wider regional context, are distinguished in blue, emphasizing the importance of drainage in an otherwise demanding high-plains and mountain-edge environment. Such details made maps like this indispensable for surveyors, engineers, ranchers, hunters, hikers, and land managers. Today, those same markings offer a visual record of how the country was understood before digital mapping transformed the way landscapes are read.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe US Geological Survey, founded in 1879, became the authoritative American institution for mapping the nation’s terrain, geology, and natural resources. By the mid-twentieth century, its 7.5-minute quadrangle maps represented a high standard of accuracy and utility, combining field survey, aerial observation, and rigorous cartographic convention. The “Lander Quadrangle” belongs to that tradition: restrained, exacting, and information-rich. Unlike decorative maps meant primarily to delight the eye, this sheet was designed to be trusted. Its elegance lies in precision—the careful hierarchy of symbols, the balance of line weights, and the way topographic form emerges from thousands of measured marks. It is a map shaped by science, but deeply evocative of place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a historical document, the map preserves Lander and its surroundings before subsequent decades altered roads, recreational access, infrastructure, and patterns of development. Features such as highways, smaller trails, possible rail or utility alignments, forested areas, park or recreational lands, and surrounding elevation peaks and valleys make the quadrangle valuable for comparing past and present landscapes. Boysen Reservoir and the broader Wind River Basin context evoke the region’s relationship to water management, travel, and resource use in twentieth-century Wyoming. More than a technical sheet, this map captures a particular historical moment: a town at the edge of mountain country, a working landscape of valleys and ridges, and a meticulously surveyed American West.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCities, towns and places on this map\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLander\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoysen Reservoir\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWind River\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSweetwater River\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVarious elevation peaks and valleys\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRoads, including major highways and smaller trails\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForested areas surrounding the region\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLand designated for parks and recreational use\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRailways and potential infrastructure points depicted through line markings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHistorical context \u0026amp; cartographic details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistorical 1:24,000 topographical map of Lander, Wyoming and the surrounding area\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBased on survey data from 1952 and published with a 1954 imprint\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreated by the US Geological Survey (USGS), known for reliable topographic maps and detailed geographical surveys\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShows detailed terrain through elevation contours, including valleys and ridges characteristic of mountainous Wyoming landscapes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDepicts water features with varying shades of blue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes hand-drawn contour lines that communicate elevation changes for navigation and outdoor use\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreserves a mid-20th century snapshot of the area before later changes in infrastructure, development, and land use\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. Framed maps use crystal-clear optical acrylic and arrive ready to hang.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith its rich detail and strong sense of place, this map makes a considered gift for a new home, anniversary, retirement or anyone with a personal connection to the area shown. Still deciding? 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