1992 Map of Hightower SW

About this map

The Laramie River winds through this corner of Platte County, defining a landscape of irrigation and ranching as it appeared in the early 1990s. Evidence of early education and settlement is visible at the sites of the Wedemeyer School and the Slate Creek School, both marked as abandoned by this era. The western edge of the map is dominated by the steep terrain of the Medicine Bow National Forest, where the higher elevations give way to the drainage basins of Wagonhound Creek and Luman Creek.