1961 Map of Eckley

About this map

The town of Eckley serves as a focal point in this eastern Colorado landscape, situated along the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad and Highway 34. This survey, conducted as part of the Missouri River Basin development program, illustrates a high plains agricultural environment defined by its water management and transport links. The presence of numerous wells scattered across the township lines indicates the reliance on groundwater for the local farmsteads, while the North Fork Republican River and Chief Creek provide natural drainage to the south and north. Local social and genealogical history is anchored by the Bethel Community Hall and the Eckley Cems located just south of the main town site. Fine dashed lines throughout the quadrangle denote field and fence lines, offering a rare level of detail for those tracing historic property boundaries or land-use patterns in Yuma County during the early 1960s.