The United States Geological Survey’s “Dubois” presents a finely detailed mid-century portrait of the Wyoming town of Dubois and its dramatic mountain setting. Created in 1956 and published with a 1966 imprint, the map captures the region at a moment when federal topographic mapping was becoming an indispensable tool for planners, scientists, foresters, engineers, and outdoor travelers. At 1:24,000 scale, it offers an intimate view of the landscape, translating ridges, drainages, roads, trails, and administrative divisions into the precise visual language for which the USGS is renowned. Dubois appears not as an isolated dot, but as part of a larger terrain shaped by rivers, forested slopes, mountain approaches, and the enduring patterns of settlement in western Wyoming.

The map’s topographic character is especially compelling, with dense contour lines revealing the rugged relief surrounding Dubois. This is a landscape defined by elevation, where valleys, benches, foothills, and mountain slopes are carefully modeled through the USGS’s disciplined cartographic style. The Wind River and nearby waterways provide the natural framework of the sheet, their courses winding through terrain that has long influenced travel, settlement, grazing, and recreation. Green-tinted forested areas mark portions of Shoshone National Forest and surrounding woodland, while open ground, roads, trails, and boundaries are distinguished through a clear system of symbols. The result is both scientific and elegant: a measured depiction of a wild and physically expressive part of Wyoming.

Dubois itself occupies a fascinating geographical position, set near the eastern approaches to the Wind River Range and within reach of some of the most storied high country in the American West. The map places the town in relation to the Wind River, the Little Wind River, and the broader network of valleys and uplands that connect central Wyoming to alpine terrain. Trails and roads shown across the sheet suggest the practical realities of movement through this landscape: access to forest lands, ranching areas, recreational routes, and mountain passages. Administrative divisions, including township and section lines, add another layer of historical interest, showing how federal survey systems structured ownership, management, and development across a demanding frontier environment.

The USGS’s cartographic approach gives the map a restrained authority, balancing beauty with function. Contour intervals articulate the rise and fall of the land with remarkable clarity, while conventional symbols identify human infrastructure without overwhelming the natural form of the country. Roads, trails, streams, forest boundaries, and public-land divisions are all integrated into a coherent topographic composition. This visual language reflects decades of institutional expertise: the USGS, founded in the late nineteenth century, became the nation’s principal mapper of terrain, geology, water resources, and landforms. Its quadrangle maps were made to be used, but their precision and graphic discipline also make them deeply evocative records of place.

As a historical document, “Dubois” preserves a mid-twentieth-century understanding of a Wyoming landscape that has continued to evolve through changes in land use, recreation, conservation, and local development. The area around Dubois has long been associated with ranching, forest access, wildlife habitat, and mountain travel, and the map records the infrastructure and geographic knowledge of its era. Shoshone National Forest, nearby high lakes, mountain peaks, and river corridors all speak to the enduring natural richness of the region. For admirers of western landscapes, USGS mapping, or Wyoming history, this map offers more than geographic information: it is a poised and meticulously rendered snapshot of place, where town, river, forest, and mountain meet.

Cities, towns and places on this map

• Dubois, Wyoming
• Wind River
• Shoshone National Forest
• Wind River Range
• Little Wind River
• Gros Ventre River
• High Lakes
• Trails
• Roads
• Mountain Peaks
• Administrative boundaries, including sections and townships

Historical context & cartographic details

• Produced by the United States Geological Survey, known for high-quality topographical mapping used in land planning, environmental studies, and recreation.
• Historical 1:24,000 topographical map of Dubois, Wyoming and the surrounding area.
• Dated 1956 and published with a 1966 imprint.
• Uses traditional topographical styling, including contour lines to show elevation changes.
• Includes color gradients and shading to represent vegetation, water bodies, elevation, and landforms.
• Shows cartographic symbols for roads, trails, and administrative boundaries.
• Depicts a rugged mountainous Wyoming landscape.
• Reflects a mid-20th-century understanding of the geography around Dubois, before later changes in urban development, environmental conditions, or land use.

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