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1956 Map of Ellinwood NW

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

USGS Topo · Published 1957

About this map

Cheyenne Bottoms dominates this portion of Barton County, appearing here as a complex marshland environment managed within the Cheyenne Bottoms State Waterfowl Refuge. The landscape is defined by human engineering designed to control the flow of water across this natural depression, including the Inlet Canal, the Outlet Canal, and a system of Floodgates and Levees. These features illustrate the mid-century efforts to stabilize a critical migratory habitat while protecting surrounding agricultural interests.

To the south, the terrain shifts from the wetlands toward the small community of Dartmouth. The area is dotted with evidence of the local extraction economy, specifically numerous Oil Wells scattered across the plains. Rural education is represented by the Cheyenne View Sch, which served the families living between the marsh and the winding path of Little Walnut Creek. Waterways like Blood Creek feed into the northern edges of the basin, completing a picture of a region where water management and mineral wealth coexist.