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1898 Map of Camp Clarke

Name: 1898 Topographic Map of Camp Clarke
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1898
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1898

About this map

Chimney Rock stands as a landmark of the western expansion era, marking the skyline of the North Platte River valley during this 1895 survey. The map details an extensive network of early irrigation infrastructure essential to the high plains, including the Bayard Canal, Alliance Canal, and Browns Creek Canal. These waterworks supported early settlements like Bayard and Willford while skirting the dramatic topography of the Wildcat Hills to the south.

South of the river, the landscape is defined by iconic geologic formations such as Courthouse Rock, Jail Rock, and Smokestack Rock. The presence of Camp Clarke along the riverbanks recalls its history as a vital crossing point and military outpost. The southern portion of the sheet reveals the ranching and farming communities of Redington and Freeport tucked near Pumpkin Creek, showing the scattered homesteads and canyons like Logan Canyon that characterized the late nineteenth-century Nebraska panhandle.