{"product_id":"old-map-of-sundance-wyoming-1979-by-usgs-black-hills-hulett-keyhole-reservoir","title":"Old Map of Sundance, Wyoming, 1979 by USGS – Black Hills, Hulett \u0026 Keyhole Reservoir","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1979 by the U.S. Geological Survey, “Sundance, Wyoming - South Dakota” presents a precise 1:100,000-scale portrait of the country around Sundance at the close of the 1970s. The map captures a compelling threshold landscape where the northeastern Wyoming plains rise toward the wooded heights and broken ridges associated with the Black Hills. Its clean USGS topographic language—contour lines, blue hydrology, road classifications, and carefully labeled natural features—turns the region into an intelligible terrain of valleys, creeks, reservoirs, and uplands. Sundance itself appears not merely as a town, but as the organizing point in a wider geography of ranchlands, forested slopes, highways, and drainage systems that shaped settlement, travel, and resource use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe U.S. Geological Survey brought to this map nearly a century of institutional expertise in measuring and describing the American landscape. Founded in 1879, the USGS became indispensable to explorers, engineers, planners, scientists, and land managers by producing authoritative maps that joined field observation with standardized cartographic design. In this Sundance sheet, that tradition is evident in the disciplined hierarchy of information: highways and secondary roads are clearly differentiated, streams and reservoirs are rendered in blue, and elevation is expressed through the quiet exactitude of contour lines. The result is both practical and elegant, a government map whose apparent restraint conceals a dense accumulation of geographic knowledge about northeastern Wyoming and its adjoining South Dakota borderlands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe terrain shown is especially rich, encompassing Crook County and the approaches to the Bear Lodge and Black Hills country. Sundance Creek and Little Bear Creek articulate the landscape’s drainage, while ridges, hills, wooded tracts, and canyon forms reveal the alternating openness and ruggedness of the region. Red Canyon suggests the dramatic erosional character found in this part of Wyoming, where exposed strata and sculpted landforms interrupt the rolling high plains. Keyhole Reservoir, one of the notable water bodies in the area, anchors the map’s hydrological story, reflecting the importance of water storage, recreation, and management in a semi-arid western environment. Together, these features create a vivid topographic record of a landscape both inhabited and powerfully shaped by natural forces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHuman movement across this map is traced through roads as much as towns. U.S. Route 14, a major east-west corridor, connects the Sundance area to the broader Black Hills and northern plains, while Wyoming Highway 585 and other labeled roads describe the local network binding ranches, settlements, forest lands, and recreational destinations. Hulett appears to the north, associated with the approach to the Bear Lodge country and the cultural geography surrounding Devils Tower nearby, though the map’s focus remains on Sundance and its immediate region. The road system shown in 1979 reflects a moment when rural mobility, tourism, extractive economies, and public land access all depended on careful mapping of routes through complex terrain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a historical document, this map offers a valuable snapshot of northeastern Wyoming at a specific late-twentieth-century moment. Its symbols for wooded areas, lakes, rivers, highways, and relief preserve the patterns of land use and settlement before subsequent decades of development, environmental change, and shifting resource priorities. The Sundance region has long stood at a crossroads of plains, mountains, Indigenous histories, ranching, mining, forestry, and travel to the Black Hills, and this USGS map quietly records that layered geography. Its beauty lies in its precision: every contour and creek line contributes to a larger portrait of place, revealing how topography governs routes, settlement, water, and memory in the American West.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCities, towns and places on this map\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSundance, Wyoming\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCrook County, Wyoming\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBear Lodge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlack Hills\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMedicine Bow Mountains\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLittle Bear Creek\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSundance Creek\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHulett, Wyoming\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKeyhole Reservoir\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRed Canyon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVarious labeled highways and roads, including:\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eU.S. Route 14\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWyoming Highway 585\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNumerous lakes and rivers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForested areas marked as “Wooded”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRidges, hills, and other topographical features\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHistorical context \u0026amp; cartographic details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreated in 1979, with a 1979 imprint\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistorical 1:100,000 scale topographical map of Sundance, Wyoming and the surrounding area\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe USGS is known for comprehensive geological surveys and topographical mapping across the United States\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUses contour lines to show elevation and terrain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes symbols for water features such as rivers and lakes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUses varied shading and standard topographical cartographic conventions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShows the hydrology of the region with blue lines and water-feature markings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProvides a historical snapshot of the Sundance area’s landscape and development in 1979\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUseful for understanding changes in land use, population patterns, urban development, and environmental conditions over time\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=\"\/it\/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=\"\/it\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003eget in touch\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe model in the listing images is holding the 36x24in (90x60cm) 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=\"\/it\/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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