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1949 Map of Garland

Name: 1949 Topographic Map of Garland
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1949
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1949

About this map

The Kansas City Southern and St Louis - San Francisco railroads anchor the industrial landscape of this border region between Kansas and Missouri. In the late 1940s, the western edge of the quadrangle near Garland and Arcadia is defined by extensive industrial activity, notably numerous Strip Mines that have reshaped the terrain. This extractive economy exists alongside a dense network of rural infrastructure, where schools like Eureka Sch and Glenwood Sch served local farming families near the state line.

Waterways such as Wood Dry Creek and McKill Creek wind through the township of Harrison, providing drainage for a landscape dotted with family-named landmarks and cemeteries. Notable elevations like Martin Mound and Blue Mound rise above the surrounding fields, while the path of an Underground Pipe Line cuts across the central sections. The map preserves the location of vanished social centers like McKill Chapel and Belmont Sch, which were central to community life before mid-century school consolidations.