Erie serves as a central hub in this landscape of the Colorado Front Range, where the intersection of water engineering and suburban expansion is clearly visible. The map details an intricate network of irrigation systems, including the Boulder and Whiterock Ditch and the Lower Boulder Ditch, which feed numerous storage bodies like Panama Reservoir Number 1 and Prince Reservoir Number 2. This reliance on managed water historically supported agriculture, now giving way to residential developments and small airfields like Parkland Airport and Erie Municipal Airport.
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1890 · East Denver
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1899 · West Denver
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1902 · Greeley
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1904 · Niwot
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1940 · Eastlake
USGS Topo · 1:31,680
1940 · Lafayette
USGS Topo · 1:31,680
1942 · Louisville
USGS Topo · 1:31,680
1944 · Lafayette
USGS Topo · 1:31,680
1944 · Eastlake
USGS Topo · 1:31,680
1949 · Gowanda
USGS Topo · 1:24,000