1953 Map of Box Elder
USGS Topo · Published 1972About this map
Ellsworth Air Force Base dominates the northern landscape of this survey, standing as a primary military installation adjacent to the growing community of Box Elder. The map reveals a highly engineered hydrological network necessary for the region's development, featuring several irrigation projects like the Murphy Ditch, Iowa Ditch, and Hawthorne DITCH that divert water from Rapid Creek and Boxelder Creek. These waterworks intersect with a critical transportation corridor formed by the Chicago and North Western and the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific railroads.
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Editions of this 1953 Box Elder Map
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Historical Maps of Rapid City Through Time
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