Old Maps of Mossing, South Dakota for Metal Detecting

1. 1907 Map of Belle Fourche

   

   1907 Belle Fourche

   1907 Print · USGS

   Early ranching and rail development in the Black Hills foothills appear here in the first decade of the 1900s. Researchers can trace the legacy of cattle country through family-named sites like O Connors Ranch and the early settlements of Minnesela and Saint Onge.

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4. 1907 Map of Redwater

   

   1907 Redwater

   1907 Print · USGS

   Belle Fourche and the surrounding Black Hills foothills are documented here at the height of the early rail era. Researchers can trace the original routes of the Chicago and Northwestern RR and locate early sites like Minnesela and Concordia.

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7. 1953 Map of Rapid City, 1964 Print

   

   1953 Rapid City

   1964 Print · USGS

   Western South Dakota's transition from the Black Hills to the open prairie is captured here during the mid-fifties. Researchers can trace the development of Ellsworth Air Force Base alongside historic landmarks like Bear Butte and the Lower Alkali School.

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10. 1957 Map of Rapid City

    

    1957 Rapid City

    1957 Print · USGS

    Western South Dakota in the mid-fifties reveals a landscape of high-altitude forests and growing military installations. Researchers can trace the development of Ellsworth Air Force Base, locate the Theodore Roosevelt Monument, and find rural landmarks like Lower Alkali School.

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13. 1958 Map of Belle Fourche, 1960 Print

    

    1958 Belle Fourche

    1960 Print · USGS

    Belle Fourche at the end of the 1950s shows the convergence of the Black Hills river systems and the railroad economy. Genealogists and researchers can trace the locations of Middle Creek Sch, Minnesota Cem, and the small settlement of Jolly.

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16. 1983 Map of Belle Fourche

    

    1983 Belle Fourche

    1983 Print · USGS

    Western South Dakota's ranching and irrigation systems are well-established in this early 1980s survey. Researchers can trace historic family holdings like McClure Ranch and the path of the Chicago and North Western railroad near Belle Fourche.

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19. 1984 Map of Chicken Creek, 1985 Print

    

    1984 Chicken Creek

    1985 Print · USGS

    The confluence of Redwater River and Spearfish Creek highlights this mid-1980s South Dakota landscape. Researchers can trace land use through the Abandoned Canal, Clay Pits, and the Higgins settlement.

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22. 2012 Map of Chicken Creek, 2012 Print

    

    2012 Chicken Creek

    2012 Print · USGS

    Spearfish and its surrounding rural corridors appear in this modern era as a landscape defined by water management and residential growth. Researchers can trace the paths of Redwater River and Spearfish Cr, alongside named landmarks like Cox Lake and Higgins Gulch.

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25. 2015 Map of Chicken Creek, 2015 Print

    

    2015 Chicken Creek

    2015 Print · USGS

    Spearfish and the northern Black Hills foothills appear in the mid-2010s during a period of steady residential and agricultural growth. Researchers can trace historic irrigation networks like Thompson Ditch and local family landmarks from Johnston Gulch to Cox Lake.

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28. 2017 Map of Chicken Creek, 2017 Print

    

    2017 Chicken Creek

    2017 Print · USGS

    The outskirts of Spearfish are captured here in the late twenty-tens, showing the vital intersection of Black Hills drainage and local agriculture. Researchers can trace historic water rights and land use through the detailed irrigation network of Cook Ditch and Carlson Ditch or locate family properties along Chicken Creek.

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31. 2021 Map of Chicken Creek, 2021 Print

    

    2021 Chicken Creek

    2021 Print · USGS

    The northern edge of the Black Hills meets the South Dakota prairie in the early 2020s, centered on the growing community of Spearfish. Researchers can trace old water rights and land use through named irrigation works like Cook Ditch or find family landmarks along Higgins Gulch and Redwater River.

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