1958 Map of Colwich

About this map

Colwich serves as the central hub of this late-1950s Kansas landscape, situated where the Missouri Pacific railroad cuts through the agricultural plains of Union and Sherman townships. The map documents a complex hydraulic environment, dominated by the wide path of the Arkansas River and its accompanying system of levees, which regulate flow through the northern reaches. South of the river, the winding paths of Big Slough and Cowskin Creek reveal a lowland terrain shaped by natural drainage and an artificial Aqueduct. Of particular interest to local historians is the Old Indian Boundary line running east-to-west across the lower third of the quadrangle, preserving a record of earlier territorial partitions amidst the mid-century infrastructure of TV Towers and municipal Sewage Disposal sites.