2010 Map of Antelope Springs

About this map

Union and its surrounding agricultural landscape in northeastern Colorado appear here in a network of irrigation systems and rural educational landmarks. The survival of named rural schoolhouses, including Gilliland School, Brammer School, and Union School, provides a spatial record of the region’s historical approach to rural education. The landscape is defined by its water management, featuring the massive Riverside Intake Canal and the North Sterling Canal, which support farming across this high plains terrain. Local topography is carved by significant drainage features like Antelope Draw and L F Draw, while Antelope Springs and the Headley Reservoir represent critical water points in an otherwise arid environment. This grid-based layout of county roads, such as County Road AA and County Road II, illustrates the rigid township and range system that organized the Eastern Plains for settlement and large-scale agriculture during the twentieth century.