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1951 Map of Capa NW

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Capa NW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1953
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1953

About this map

The B O V I N E landscape along the border of Stanley and Jones Counties is documented here during the early 1950s. This region of South Dakota is defined by the drainage of the Bad River and its tributary, Prairie Dog Creek, which carve through the terrain in the southern portion of the map. The spatial arrangement of community life is visible through isolated rural institutions such as the Twin Butte School and Rolling Green Sch, which served the scattered agricultural population of the era.

Transportation and infrastructure of the period are anchored by the Chicago and North Western railroad corridor, which skirts the southern edge of the survey following the river valley. The presence of the Catholic Cem in the southwest corner provides a specific point of interest for genealogists tracing early families in this part of the Missouri River Basin. The map reflects a mid-century period of land management before significant changes in modern regional development.