Curtis Cemetery provides a focal point for local history in this rural corner of Washington County, situated near the intersection of County Road LL and County Road 48. The landscape is defined by a strict orthogonal grid of section roads, including long north-south stretches of County Road HH and County Road NN, which navigate the open high plains of eastern Colorado. This rigid human-imposed geometry is only interrupted in the northeast by the winding course of Rock Creek, which cuts diagonally across the prairie. The map documents the persistent agricultural footprint of the region, where the intersection of numeric and alphabetical county roads represents the fundamental infrastructure of the ranching community.
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1954 · Sterling
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1958 · Sterling
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1972 · Glacken Hill
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1972 · Otis
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1972 · Burdett
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1973 · Akron
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1973 · Buffalo Springs Ranch NW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1973 · Platner
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1973 · Buffalo Springs Ranch NE
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1973 · Buffalo Springs Ranch SE
USGS Topo · 1:24,000