Beaver City serves as the focal point of this rural Furnas County landscape, organized around a rigid grid of agricultural roads like Road 711 and Road 427. The town's civic life is centered at the Beaver City Post Office and the Furnas County Fairground, while its recreational space is found at the Westside Park Campground on the western edge. This map reveals a community deeply tied to its water resources, with Beaver Creek meandering through the southern portion of the quadrangle. Several man-made structures regulate this flow, including the Furnas County Dam creating the Van Cleave Reservoir and the Theobald Dam forming the Theobald Reservoir. To the west of the town center, Mount Hope Cemetery provides a primary point of interest for genealogists, while the presence of Hewetts Airport to the north indicates the local infrastructure supporting this farming region.
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1896 · Arapahoe
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1898 · Arapahoe
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1955 · Grand Island
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1957 · Grand Island
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1957 · Beaver City SW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1957 · Precept
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1957 · Beaver City SE
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1958 · Grand Island
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1958 · Edison
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1958 · Hollinger
USGS Topo · 1:24,000