{"product_id":"old-map-of-bandon-oregon-by-usgs-1944-coquille-river-cape-blanco-pacific-coast","title":"Old Map of Bandon, Oregon by USGS, 1944 – Coquille River, Cape Blanco \u0026 Pacific Coast","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1948 from 1944 mapping, the US Geological Survey’s “Bandon” presents Oregon’s southern coast with the clarity and authority of mid-century American topographic science. At a scale of 1:62,500, it captures Bandon and its surrounding coastal country at a revealing historical moment: less than a decade after the devastating 1936 fire that reshaped the town’s built environment and civic memory. The map’s restrained palette, precise contouring, and disciplined lettering give equal dignity to settlement, shoreline, river, and forested upland. Here, the Pacific Ocean is not merely a boundary but a defining force, shaping beaches, headlands, river mouths, and the patterns of road and habitation that developed along this rugged edge of Oregon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe US Geological Survey, founded in 1879, brought to maps like this a mandate that was both scientific and national in scope: to measure, classify, and render the American landscape with dependable precision. Its topographic quadrangles became indispensable tools for engineers, planners, conservationists, military users, and travelers, while today they serve as richly detailed records of vanished or altered places. In “Bandon,” that institutional rigor is evident in the careful depiction of elevation through contour lines, the differentiation of waterways and roads, and the understated elegance of the map’s design. Rather than romanticizing the coast, the USGS reveals it through accumulated observation: slopes, creeks, marshes, ridges, and routes organized into a lucid geographic portrait.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBandon itself sits at the heart of the map, near the mouth of the Coquille River, where freshwater, tidewater, settlement, and maritime access converge. The river’s course is one of the sheet’s great organizing features, winding toward the Pacific and linking the town to a broader hinterland of farms, timberlands, lowlands, and transport corridors. Nearby Beaver Slough and other wetland features hint at the ecological complexity of the river plain, while Highway 101 records the growing importance of the coastal road network in the automobile age. The map preserves a Bandon still deeply tied to river navigation, fishing, lumber, and regional exchange, yet increasingly connected to the wider Oregon coast by modern infrastructure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeyond the town, the quadrangle opens into a landscape of creeks, hills, and coastal landforms, each named feature contributing to the texture of place. Twelve Mile Creek, Willanch Creek, Fivemile Creek, Harris Creek, and Crooked Creek thread through the terrain, their valleys and drainage patterns made legible by the contour work. Cooks Hill rises inland, while Finger Point and the beaches along the Pacific edge mark the meeting of land and ocean. The Flatz, a local feature, adds a note of vernacular geography, reminding us that maps preserve not only official measurements but also regional language and lived knowledge. Southward associations with Cape Blanco evoke one of Oregon’s most dramatic coastal promontories and its long maritime significance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a historical document, “Bandon” is especially compelling because it records a landscape in transition. The 1936 fire had profoundly affected the community, and the years surrounding World War II brought changes in transportation, resource use, and settlement patterns throughout coastal Oregon. Yet the map also emphasizes continuities older than any town plan: the steepening contours, the tidal river mouth, the sloughs, creeks, beaches, and headlands that governed human movement and development. Bullard State Park and the broader coastal setting suggest the later rise of recreation and preservation as defining themes in the region’s identity. This is a map of practical measurement, but also of memory—an elegant mid-century snapshot of Bandon’s resilient place between forested hills and the Pacific.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCities, towns and places on this map\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBandon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoquille River\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePacific Ocean\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwelve Mile Creek\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Flatz\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCooks Hill\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWillanch Creek\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFivemile Creek\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHarris Creek\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCrooked Creek\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFinger Point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCape Blanco\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBeaver Slough\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBullard State Park\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHighway 101\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoastal landforms and beaches along the Pacific coast\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\u003eHistorical 1:62,500 topographical map of Bandon, Oregon, and the surrounding area\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreated in 1944 and published with a 1948 imprint\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShows Bandon’s landscape in the mid-20th century\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFeatures contour lines to indicate elevation changes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUses a color palette typical of mid-20th-century topographic maps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProvides detailed representation of hills, rivers, coastal features, and other natural landscape elements\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReflects the geographic character of the region, including varied terrain and coastal conditions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOffers historical insight into how development and environmental change reshaped the area\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConnected to Bandon’s history after the devastating 1936 fire\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. 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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