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1969 Map of Hastings East

Name: 1969 Topographic Map of Hastings East
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

Industrial and military footprints define the prairie landscape east of Hastings in the late 1960s. The most striking feature is the massive U S Naval Ammunition Depot (Abandoned), which occupies a significant portion of the central and eastern quadrangle. This installation is crisscrossed by the U. S. Government Railroad, illustrating the logistical scale of mid-century defense operations in the rural interior. In the south, the village of Glenville anchors the agricultural landscape near Theesen Lagoon, while the Burlington Northern and Union Pacific railroads intersect the region's productive plains.

Local education and community life are represented by Hastings College and the Central Nebraska Technical College. Notable family history markers include several burial grounds such as Parkview Cem and the Inland Cem located near the border of Adams Co and Clay Co. Small sidings and rural points like Halloran and Muriel provide evidence of the grain-shipping network that once dominated these rail corridors.