1951 Map of Broken Bow SW

About this map

The agricultural heart of Custer County is documented here during the early 1950s, showing a landscape defined by rolling prairie and a network of rural schools that anchored local farm communities. These small educational outposts, including Fleming Valley Sch, Cottage Sch, and Happy Hill Sch, represent a decentralized social structure before the era of major school consolidations. The topography transitions from the lower drainage of Spring Creek in the northeast to the elevated Ryno Table in the southwest.