1950 Map of Derby
USGS Topo · Published 1950About this map
Denver expands northward into Adams County in this mid-century portrait of industrial and suburban development. The confluence of the South Platte River and Sand Creek serves as a corridor for an extensive rail network, including the Union Pacific and the Chicago Burlington and Quincy, which supported the massive Stockyards district and neighboring industrial settlements like Argo and Globeville. This era captures the transition of the landscape from agricultural ditch-irrigated fields to organized municipal grids, evidenced by the numerous irrigation lines like the Fulton Ditch and Union Ditch still cutting through developing neighborhoods.
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