2017 Map of Culbertson NW

About this map

Massacre Canyon and the wide valley of the Republican River define this corner of Hitchcock County, where the topography of southwestern Nebraska meets significant historical memory. The canyon name reflects a localized geography shaped by steep breaks and deep drainages like Thompson Canyon and Big Canyon. The landscape reveals an extensive 20th-century water management system, tracing the courses of the Riverside Canal and the Upper Meeker Canal as they navigate the contours above the river bottom. To the northeast, Frenchman Creek joins the larger drainage system, while the path of Old Hwy 34 suggests the earlier transportation corridor that preceded modern local roads like N River Dr and Co Rd 367.