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Old Maps of Nickerson, Kansas for Metal Detecting

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Nickerson, KS maps

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  1. 1894 Map of Lyons
    1894 Map of Lyons
    1894 Lyons
    1894 Print · USGS
    Rice County during the late nineteenth-century rail boom shows a landscape organized by townships and expanding prairie towns. Researchers can trace the early development of Lyons and Sterling or locate vanished landmarks like Huntsville P.O. and the Black Marsh.
    5 unique versions available
  4. 1955 Map of Great Bend, 1966 Print
    1955 Map of Great Bend, 1966 Print
    1955 Great Bend
    1966 Print · USGS
    Central Kansas during the mid-sixties transition reveals a landscape defined by new reservoirs and enduring rail corridors. Researchers can trace the development of towns like Hays and Great Bend or locate natural landmarks such as Round Mound and the wetlands of the Quivira National Wildlife Refuge.
    3 unique versions available
  7. 1957 Map of Great Bend
    1957 Map of Great Bend
    1957 Great Bend
    1957 Print · USGS
    Central Kansas at the peak of the postwar era shows a landscape of growing rail hubs and massive new water projects. Trace the routes of the Union Pacific through Hays or locate the newly formed shorelines of Cedar Bluff Reservoir and Kanopolis Reservoir.
  10. 1958 Map of Great Bend
    1958 Map of Great Bend
    1958 Great Bend
    1958 Print · USGS
    Central Kansas in the late fifties reveals a landscape of high-plains agriculture and vital river crossings. Researchers can trace the development of regional hubs like Hays and Russell, or locate historic sites such as Fort Larned and the Cheyenne Bottoms wildlife area.
    2 unique versions available
  13. 1970 Map of Nickerson, 1972 Print
    1970 Map of Nickerson, 1972 Print
    1970 Nickerson
    1972 Print · USGS
    Nickerson sits at a vital rail and river junction in central Kansas during the early seventies. Genealogists and local historians can trace family locations near Wildmead Cem or explore the mid-century industrial footprint of the Wherry Oil Field and the Fish Farm.
  16. 1985 Map of Great Bend
    1985 Map of Great Bend
    1985 Great Bend
    1985 Print · USGS
    Barton and Rice counties come into focus during the mid-eighties as centers of rail transport and energy production. Genealogists and historians can trace the paths of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe through settlements like Ellinwood, Sterling, and Pawnee Rock.
    2 unique versions available
  19. 2009 Map of Nickerson, 2009 Print
    2009 Map of Nickerson, 2009 Print
    2009 Nickerson
    2009 Print · USGS
    Covers Nickerson, including Reno County, Rice County, and other nearby areas
  22. 2012 Map of Nickerson, 2012 Print
    2012 Map of Nickerson, 2012 Print
    2012 Nickerson
    2012 Print · USGS
    Covers Nickerson, including Reno County, Rice County, and other nearby areas
  25. 2015 Map of Nickerson, 2015 Print
    2015 Map of Nickerson, 2015 Print
    2015 Nickerson
    2015 Print · USGS
    Covers Nickerson, including Reno County, Rice County, and other nearby areas
  28. 2018 Map of Nickerson, 2018 Print
    2018 Map of Nickerson, 2018 Print
    2018 Nickerson
    2018 Print · USGS
    Covers Nickerson, including Reno County, Rice County, and other nearby areas
  31. 2022 Map of Nickerson, 2022 Print
    2022 Map of Nickerson, 2022 Print
    2022 Nickerson
    2022 Print · USGS
    Nickerson sits at the heart of the Kansas prairie near the turn of the twenty-first century. Genealogists and local historians can trace the town grid down to Wildmead Cemetery and follow the paths of the Arkansas River and Santa Fe Slough.
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