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1920 Map of Beaver Creek

Name: 1920 Topographic Map of Beaver Creek
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1920
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1920

About this map

Beaver Creek carves a winding path through the north Texas prairie, defining the physical and social geography of this 1910s landscape. Topography engineers R.W. Burchard and R.R. Monbeck documented a rural territory where community life centered around small, scattered institutions. The eastern portion of the map is anchored by Marvin Chapel and the nearby Beaver Creek School, while Ronda School serves the northwest near the confluence of Sunflower Creek.

A network of seasonal waterways including Bluff Creek, Rough Creek, and the aptly named Long Creek and Short Creek creates a complex drainage system across the Wichita and Wilbarger county line. Distinctive landforms such as Potato Hill and the secluded Steinman Hollow break the terrain, offering landmarks for local historians and genealogists tracing early twentieth-century land tracts and homesteads in this cattle and agricultural region.