1957 Map of Dickinson

About this map

Dickinson serves as the regional hub for the southwestern North Dakota plains, situated along the Northern Pacific railway and the Heart River. In the mid-1950s, this landscape was defined by its coal-rich geology, evidenced by the numerous Strip Mine operations and Coal deposits mapped across the territory. The map reveals a dense network of rural infrastructure, including an extensive series of numbered schoolhouses such as the Fisher School and Hradec School systems, which were vital to the scattered farming and ranching communities of the era.