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1951 Map of Arcadia SE

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Arcadia SE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1953
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1953

About this map

The Middle Loup River valley in Sherman County is the central corridor for this early 1950s survey, showing a landscape defined by water management and rural education. The river is shadowed by the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad and vital irrigation infrastructure like Canal No 3. These features were documented as part of the Department of the Interior’s program for the development of the Missouri River Basin.

Local history is vividly preserved through a high density of rural schoolhouses, many likely serving as the social anchors for townships like Washington, Logan, and Webster. These small school sites, such as Mixed Grove Sch, Turkey Roost Sch, and Sunny Hollow Sch, illustrate the era's settlement patterns before rural consolidation. The terrain transitions from the alluvial flats of the river to the dissected uplands drained by Hays Creek, Moon Creek, and Cob Creek.