1968 Map of Dodge City NW

About this map

Buckner Creek meanders across this rural Western Kansas landscape, defining the drainage patterns through the townships of South Roscoe, Foote, and Royal. Surveyed in the late 1960s, the map highlights a terrain shaped by water management and resource extraction, marked by a prominent Pipeline cutting across the southeastern corner and isolated water sources like a named Spring and Well. The confluence where the South Fork meets the main creek bed illustrates the natural erosion of the High Plains. This map is particularly notable for capturing the convergence of three counties—Gray, Hodgeman, and Ford—revealing how early political boundaries were overlaid across the open prairie.