Highland Ranch Colorado Denver Southglenn USGS Topo Map 1949
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Highland Ranch Colorado Denver Southglenn USGS Topo Map 1949

$42

Printed in its year of first publication, 1949, this 7.5-minute USGS topographic sheet is in fair condition, lightly handled with foldlines and some age discoloration along them, and printed on thick stock. Drawn from a 1939 field survey, it takes in the country south of Denver across parts of Arapahoe, Denver, and Douglas counties, including the area around present-day Highlands Ranch, Littleton, and Englewood. The sheet records a pre-suburban landscape stretching roughly from Belleview Avenue to Southridge and from Elati Street east to I-25, back when only about a hundred homes stood within these bounds.

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MAP DETAILS
TITLEHighland Ranch
STATEColorado
LOCATIONVicinity of Denver
SERIES7.5-minute
SURVEYED1939 Field Survey
EDITION1949
PRINTED1949
SCALE1:24000
CONTOUR INTERVAL10 feet
SHEET DIMENSIONS20 3/4 x 27 inches
MAP DIMENSIONS17 5/8 x 22 3/4 inches
COVERAGE AREA7 x 9 miles
SHEET CONDITION
For maps of this vintage, effort is made to note all visible flaws, no matter how minor.
OVERALL CONDITIONFair
SHEET NOTESlightly handled, has foldlines, age discoloration along some foldlines
MAP AREAminor wear, no markings
COLLARSno wear or tears, no markings
MAP COVERAGE
Quadrangle extent overlaid on current basemap.
BACKSIDE LEGEND
A map summary is printed on the back side of the Highland Ranch sheet similar to the one shown in the picture. It outlines the history, purpose, and status of the USGS mapping program at the time of the printing in 1949. It also provides instructions on how to read contour lines and a description of how they are used to depict the terrain. At the bottom of the page is a legend showing all of the symbols used to represent the cultural, relief, and water features found on the map.

This vintage sheet is a 1949 edition of the Highland Ranch Colorado USGS topographic map. It is an original 77-year-old United States Geological Survey print in fair condition.

HOW THIS MAP CAN BE USED
In addition to making a fascinating conversation piece, this sheet would make a unique and prized gift for anyone interested in this area, be perfect as a reference for genealogy studies or general historical research, or fill that missing piece in your collection.

FEATURES SHOWN ON THE MAP
The Highland Ranch 7.5-minute map shows cities and towns, roads, paths, railroads, rivers, creeks, elevation contour lines, public land survey lines, county, state, and other administrative boundaries as they existed at the time of the survey in 1939. All known structures (houses, businesses, churches, schools, barns, cabins, etc) are also shown.

A VALUABLE HISTORICAL RECORD
This map is from the 7.5-minute series, the most detailed series that is widely available from the USGS. The 1949 Highland Ranch map is a valuable historical record for the area. It contains some placenames and features that have been dropped from more recent maps.

PLACENAMES
The following places are found within the boundary of this quadrangle. They may or may not be shown or labeled, depending on the map series and vintage.
* Cities and Towns-> Acres Green, Carriage Club, Castle Pines, Castlewood, Centennial, Cherry Hills Village, Denver, Englewood, GatewayGreenwood Village, and others
* Counties Covered-> Arapahoe, Denver, and Douglas
* Rivers and Streams-> Big Dry Creek, Cook Creek, Happy Canyon Creek, Little Dry Creek, and Willow Creek
* Water Bodies-> Gallup Reservoir

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