1954 Map of Cheney

About this map

Cheney serves as the focal point of this mid-century survey, dominated by the campus of the Eastern Washington College of Education. The landscape to the south and west transitions into a complex mosaic of scabland topography, where the Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge encompasses a dense network of water bodies such as McDowell Lake, Hale Lakes, and Turnbull Slough. This region reflects a shift from the academic and residential center of town to a more primitive wetland and basalt-rimmed terrain, defined by the drainage of Rock Lake and Buckeye Creek.