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1958 Map of Holbrook

Name: 1958 Topographic Map of Holbrook
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1960
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1960

About this map

The Republican River valley defines this mid-century survey, where the village of Holbrook sits at a critical junction of transport and irrigation. The landscape is dominated by the complex water management system of the Cambridge Canal and Bartley Canal, reflecting the intensive agricultural development of the Missouri River Basin project. Parallel to the river, the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad line provides the primary transit corridor, cutting through the southern portion of the village near the WT (water tower) and local sewage works.

Upland features showcase the area's rural social fabric, including the Lutheran Ch and Miller Cem north of the river. The terrain is deeply incised by numerous drainages such as Smith Canyon and Wild Horse Canyon, which feed into Deer Creek and Muddy Creek. The map also delineates historical township and precinct divisions like Grant, Burtons Bend, and West Muddy, which are valuable for tracing local land ownership and genealogy in Furnas and Gosper counties.