Glacial potholes and prairie wetlands dominate this landscape along the border of Wells and Kidder counties. The area is defined by a dense network of sectional roads and a scatter of rural landmarks that speak to the region's spiritual and logistical history. The Bowdon Country Seventh Day Adventist Cem and a second Seventh Day Adventist Cem further south serve as significant markers for family historians tracing early settlement patterns in this part of North Dakota. In the northwest corner, the Buchmiller Airport provides a modern navigational waypoint amidst the undulating terrain. A systematic grid of thoroughfares, including Co Rd 70 and 44th Ave SE, connects the disparate farmsteads and natural basins that characterize this rural expanse.
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1951 · Bowdon
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1951 · Heaton
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1951 · Sykeston
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1952 · New Rockford
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1956 · New Rockford
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1971 · New Rockford
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1972 · Lake Williams
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1972 · Woodworth NW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1972 · Des Moines Lake
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1978 · Wagon Wheel Hill
USGS Topo · 1:24,000