1959 Map of Garden City 3 NW

About this map

Industrial energy exploration defines the High Plains landscape of southwestern Kansas in the late 1950s. The map reveals an extensive network of mineral resources, primarily marked by dozens of Gas Well sites and the occasional Oil Well, illustrating the mid-century expansion of the Hugoton Gas Area. Within this grid-system terrain, local community centers like Valley Sch served the rural population across the townships of Ivanhoe, Dudley, and Haskell. The survey captures the transition from traditional farming to a landscape increasingly dominated by petroleum infrastructure, with fine red dashed lines tracing field boundaries and fences across the Finney and Haskell County line.