1956 Map of Curtis NW

About this map

Medicine Creek and its complex network of seasonal drainages dominate this mid-century survey of the Frontier and Lincoln County line. The Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad cuts a diagonal path across the northern landscape, connecting the small community of Wellfleet to the surrounding prairie. This area, mapped for the development of the Missouri River Basin, reveals a transition from the broad canyon bottoms of Lake Canyon and Hay Canyon to the dissected uplands of the Medicine and Laird districts. To the southeast, the settlement of Maywood serves as a local hub near the confluence of several branches of Brushy Cr. Notable water features like Opal Springs and Farmers Lake provide rare reliable water sources in a landscape defined by sharp topographic relief and a dense system of tributary draws including North Brushy Creek and South Brushy Creek.