1948 Map of Barrel Springs Creek North

About this map

Nonpareil and Liberty townships define the open high plains of Box Butte County in this mid-century survey. The landscape is marked by a network of rural schoolhouse sites, including School No 27, School No 51, and School No 19, which served the scattered farmsteads across Wright and Snake Creek. Water is the primary shaper of the terrain here, most notably seen at the Point of Rocks where the elevation drops toward the drainage of Barrel Springs Creek and its South Branch. Numerous windmills dot the sections, indicating the vital reliance on groundwater for agriculture and livestock in this semi-arid region. The map captures a moment when rural infrastructure was still centered around these numbered school districts, providing a precise spatial record for family historians and geographers of the Nebraska panhandle.