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1967 Map of Bloom

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Bloom
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1968
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1968

About this map

Bloom stands as a primary settlement along the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad line, serving as a focal point for this agrarian landscape in the late 1960s. The town site includes a Roadside Park and the nearby Bloom Cem, documenting the community's local heritage. A significant historical marker, the Old Indian Treaty Boundary, cuts through the terrain, illustrating the legacy of nineteenth-century land divisions and tribal negotiations that shaped southwestern Kansas.

The landscape is deeply etched by the drainage of Bluff Creek, which carves a winding path across the southern half of the quadrangle. The map highlights the transition between the townships of Appleton and Brown in the south, while the northern border reveals the administrative line of Ford Co Clark Co. This survey illustrates a period where rail transport remained vital to the movement of goods through the high plains.