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1956 Map of Bartley NW

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Bartley NW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1957
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1957

About this map

Deeply incised drainages carve through Frontier County in the mid-1950s, revealing a landscape defined by the townships of North Star, Sherman, Harrison, and Knowles. This terrain, mapped as part of the Department of the Interior program for the development of the Missouri River Basin, shows a rural Nebraska community in transition. While North Star Sch and Hanthorn Sch remained active at the time of the survey, the high number of shuttered institutions like Sunny Plains Sch, Walnut Hill Sch, and Plainview Sch suggests a consolidation of rural life and shifting settlement patterns.

Waterways like Cedar Creek, Walnut Creek, and Dry Creek dictate the local topography, with a single Cemetery and a network of unimproved roads serving the scattered farmsteads. The map's detail provides a precise record of the land as it appeared before further changes in the Missouri River Basin project, capturing the specific location of family landmarks and educational centers that served these plains communities.