{"product_id":"old-map-of-bandon-oregon-by-usgs-1970-coquille-river-pacific-ocean","title":"Old Map of Bandon, Oregon by USGS, 1970 – Coquille River \u0026 Pacific Ocean","description":"\u003cp\u003eTitled “Bandon,” this United States Geological Survey quadrangle was dated 1970 and published with a 1973 imprint, preserving a precise portrait of Oregon’s southern coast at a moment of late twentieth-century change. At 1:24,000 scale, it presents Bandon not as a picturesque abstraction, but as a measured landscape of streets, shorelines, contours, waterways, farms, dunes, and forest. The city appears at the edge of the Pacific, where the Coquille River meets the sea, an estuarine setting that has long shaped local settlement, commerce, fishing, and travel. The map’s disciplined USGS design gives equal attention to urban fabric and natural form, making it both a technical document and an evocative record of place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBandon itself occupies a compelling position on the map: a coastal city set between ocean, river, marsh, and upland terrain. The gridded and curving patterns of residential areas and subdivisions reveal a community expanding within the constraints of water, sand, and slope. State Highway 101, the great north-south coastal route, threads through the mapped landscape, linking Bandon to the broader Oregon Coast and marking the importance of automobile travel in the region’s postwar development. Around the town, the cartography records farms, open land, and wooded tracts, suggesting the mix of rural and urban uses that characterized the area in 1970. It is a snapshot of a city balanced between maritime heritage, local agriculture, and modern coastal growth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Coquille River is one of the map’s defining features, its lower reaches shaping the estuary beside Bandon before opening to the Pacific Ocean. The surrounding wetlands and low-lying ground are especially significant when viewed from a modern perspective, as this area includes lands associated with what is now the Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge. The map predates the refuge’s later conservation status, making it particularly interesting as a record of the landscape before contemporary habitat protection and restoration efforts. Channels, flats, and marginal lands appear within the precise language of topography, inviting reflection on how coastal environments are used, altered, and ultimately revalued. Here, the map quietly documents an ecological threshold between development and preservation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlong the coast, the map captures the restless meeting of land and sea. Sand dunes, beaches, and shoreline contours evoke a dynamic environment shaped by wind, tides, storms, and shifting sediment. The USGS symbology distinguishes these coastal forms from inland woods, agricultural parcels, roads, and trails, creating a layered visual account of human movement through a challenging terrain. Contour lines articulate the hilly country around Bandon, showing how quickly elevation changes beyond the immediate coastal plain. The result is a map rich in practical detail: one can trace routes, read slopes, locate waterways, and understand why settlement clustered where it did. Its beauty lies in that clarity, where scientific restraint produces an unexpectedly elegant coastal composition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProduced by the United States Geological Survey, “Bandon” reflects the authority and refinement of one of America’s most important mapping institutions. USGS quadrangles became indispensable tools for engineers, planners, hikers, conservationists, and local governments, combining standardized cartographic language with meticulous regional observation. The familiar palette—blue for water, brown for contours, green for forest, black and red for cultural and transportation features—turns the landscape into an intelligible system without diminishing its character. As a historical object, this map captures the Bandon area before decades of further urban growth, environmental regulation, and coastal tourism reshaped the region. It is at once a topographical reference, a civic document, and a quietly compelling portrait of Oregon’s Pacific edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCities, towns and places on this map\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBandon, Oregon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePacific Ocean\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoquille River\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eResidential areas and subdivisions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eState Highway 101\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrails\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFarms and agricultural land\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForest areas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSand dunes along the coast\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHistorical context \u0026amp; cartographic details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistorical 1:24,000 topographical map produced by the United States Geological Survey.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDated 1970 and published with a 1973 imprint.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShows the surrounding coastal area in Oregon during a period of late 20th-century development and land-use change.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUses typical USGS topographical mapping colors to depict elevations, land uses, water features, roads, and other landscape details.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContour lines clearly show elevation changes and the hilly terrain near the coast.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDocuments infrastructure and land-use patterns that can be compared with later urban growth and environmental changes.\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=\"\/es\/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=\"\/es\/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=\"\/es\/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. 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