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1950 Map of Arthur

Name: 1950 Topographic Map of Arthur
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1950
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1950

About this map

The village of Arthur serves as the focal point for this 1950 survey of the Nebraska Sandhills, a landscape defined by expansive valleys and localized watering holes. The settlement pattern is characterized by widely dispersed family operations such as the A Walz Ranch, Lute Ranch, and Eymann Ranch, illustrating the vast distances inherent to cattle ranching in Arthur and Grant Counties. Water management is central to life here, evidenced by numerous flowing wells and uniquely named bodies of water like Bean Soup Lake, Claw Hammer Lake, and Sand Puddin Lake.

Education in this sparsely populated region was anchored by small, rural schoolhouses, including Meadow View Sch and several numbered facilities like School No 51 and School No 39. These structures, along with landmarks like Rounds Place and the Dancer Ranch, provide specific points of interest for genealogists tracing family roots in the high plains. The terrain is organized into distinct basins such as Winslow Valley, Nostrum Valley, and Lightning Valley, which dictated the placement of roads and homesteads.