1973 Map of Bryant NE

About this map

Lake Marsh and the surrounding prairie wetlands define the topography of this eastern South Dakota landscape in the early 1970s. The area is marked by several townships, including Brantford, Oxford, and Opdahl, where a network of section lines and gravel roads connects isolated farmsteads and rural congregations. Local history is anchored at sites like United Ch and New Hope Ch, the latter of which features the adjacent New Hope Ch Cem. For genealogists, the map preserves the exact locations of smaller burial grounds such as Pioneer Cem and Zion Cem, often the only remaining markers of early settlement in these townships. The land use reflects a balance of agriculture and conservation, seen in the Opdahl Slough State Public Shooting Area and the West Lake Marsh State Public Shooting Area along the southern shore of the lake.