BRN 9-2 (uncompressed) - Flipbook - Page 49
The Fort Bayard map of
1908/1910 was
published at a 1:12,000
scale and is interesting
on several levels. For
instance, it shows
fencing and has a key to
the standard topographic symbols
(benchmarks, trails,
arroyos and sand
washes, intermittent
streams, prospects,
springs, etc.) - see detail
at Ò15Ó.
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The USGS maps shown
here and previously are
from the same era, and
they tell us much about
what was important in
that time. Cultural
features were depicted
in detail and it is easy to
follow changes in the
human landscape from
one edition of a map to
the next. Natural
history began to be
reßected in more place
names over time, but
this appears to be a bit
whimsical. Landscape
contours were sophisticated from the earliest
period, and a recognition of western
interests became more
apparent (maps distinguishing between
washes and intermittent streams, for
instance). The detail
(Ò16Ó) of this map
shows how the
mapping of waterways
was handled. Cameron
Creek is shown as an
intermittent stream
within a wash matrix,
and like all such
features it is bounded
by a levee or embankment. Legal questions
about the status of
washes versus intermittent streams versus
perennial streams
continues to this day.
The background data,
how it was gathered,
analyzed, and archived
was changing; however,
more on that
later.
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