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1948 Map of Antioch

Name: 1948 Topographic Map of Antioch
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1966
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1966

About this map

Antioch and the surrounding Nebraska sandhills appear as a landscape of alkaline lakes and potash-rich depressions just after the Second World War. The region is defined by the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad, which parallels a series of small water bodies like Potash Lake and Jesse Lake. These water sources were critical to the local economy during the early 20th century, particularly for the potash industry that boomed in this area.

Several remote rural schools, including School No 128 and School No 102, are scattered across the landscape, serving the isolated agricultural operations of the Bower Ranch and McFall Ranch. The terrain is marked by dozens of named basins, such as Krause Lake, Joe Lake, and Tree Claim Lake, showing the intricate drainage patterns of the Snake Creek watershed. This survey preserves the exact locations of these ranching outposts and small-town footprints before the consolidation of rural districts.