{"product_id":"old-map-of-cheyenne-wyoming-by-usgs-1950-fort-francis-e-warren-military-reservation","title":"Old Map of Cheyenne, Wyoming by USGS, 1950 – Fort Francis E. Warren \u0026 Military Reservation","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1950 by the United States Geological Survey, “Cheyenne” presents the Wyoming capital and its surrounding country at the finely observed scale of 1:62,500. The map captures a mid-century landscape poised between frontier inheritance and modern development: a gridded city, military lands, rail corridors, highways, open range, and scattered water features all rendered with the disciplined clarity of USGS topographic cartography. Cheyenne appears not merely as a place-name but as an organizing force in the region, with roads and railways converging toward its urban center. Around it, contour lines describe the subtle rises and falls of southeastern Wyoming’s high plains, giving the sheet a textured sense of terrain and distance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe United States Geological Survey brought to this map the institutional precision that made its topographic series indispensable to engineers, planners, travelers, and military users. By 1950, USGS mapping had become a mature scientific language: contour intervals, township and range divisions, hydrography, transport routes, and settlement symbols working together in an elegant visual system. The color scheme distinguishes cultural features from natural forms, allowing the viewer to read both human occupation and the underlying geography at a glance. Cheyenne’s streets and built-up areas contrast with open spaces, section lines, drainage courses, and the long alignments of roads and railways, creating a portrait of a city embedded in a vast, measured landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the most historically evocative features is Fort Francis E. Warren, shown west of Cheyenne as a major military reservation. Originally established in the nineteenth century during the era of westward expansion, the fort remained deeply significant in the twentieth century, and its presence on this 1950 map speaks to Cheyenne’s strategic role in transportation, defense, and regional administration. The military reservation’s boundaries, roads, and relationship to the city reveal how civilian and military geographies coexisted on the high plains. In this context, the map is not simply a topographic document, but a record of federal presence, infrastructure, and the enduring importance of Cheyenne as a western military and logistical hub.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe topography surrounding Cheyenne is rendered through carefully spaced contour lines that reveal the hilly character of the region, with subtle elevation changes giving form to valleys, ridges, and open uplands. Lakes, ponds, and drainage features punctuate the sheet, indicating how scarce and significant water can be in this plains environment. Roads trace practical routes across the terrain, while railway lines underline Cheyenne’s longstanding importance as a transportation junction. The map also preserves the geometry of land division: boundary lines, grid sections, and reservation limits impose a human order upon the rolling natural surface. This interplay between contour and grid is one of the sheet’s quiet visual pleasures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a snapshot of Cheyenne in the mid-twentieth century, the map offers a compelling comparison with the city and its environs today. Urban growth, expanded infrastructure, changing land uses, and evolving transportation networks have altered the region, making this 1950 depiction especially valuable as a historical reference. Parks and open spaces, nearby valleys, military lands, roads, railways, and the compact urban footprint all speak to a particular moment in Wyoming’s development. For collectors, historians, and admirers of American cartography, “Cheyenne” combines scientific authority with regional character: a precise USGS portrait of a capital city, its strategic surroundings, and the high plains landscape that shaped them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCities, towns and places on this map\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCheyenne\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFort Francis E. Warren\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMilitary Reservation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVarious roads\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRailway lines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLakes and ponds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNearby valleys\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eParks and open spaces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoundary lines and grid sections\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHistorical context \u0026amp; cartographic details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduced by the US Geological Survey (USGS)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreated in 1950\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMap scale: 1:62,500\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFeatures Cheyenne, Wyoming, and its surrounding region\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDisplays contour lines indicating elevation changes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShows water bodies and populated areas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUses color to differentiate land uses and natural features\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIllustrates hilly terrain and topographical variation typical of the region\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProvides a mid-20th-century snapshot of land use and development patterns\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUseful for comparing historic conditions with later urban expansion, infrastructure development, and changing land uses\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=\"\/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=\"\/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=\"\/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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