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1956 Map of Curtis SE

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Curtis SE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1957
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1957

About this map

Medicine Creek and the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad corridor dominate the northern edge of this Frontier County landscape, where the prairie begins to break into a complex system of canyons and creek beds. The map documents a rural transition in the mid-1950s, notably marking several educational landmarks as defunct, including School No 82, School No 75, and School No 78.

Remote outposts like Fischer and the isolated Lone Tree Cem are grounded among a network of drainages such as Cottonwood Canyon, Saunders Canyon, and Cedar Creek. This survey, conducted as part of the Department of the Interior program for the development of the Missouri River Basin, provides a detailed look at the township divisions of Laird, Curtis, Laws, and Sheridan during a period of shifting rural populations.