1955 Map of Holly NE

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The Colorado and Kansas state line bisects this 1955 survey, where the semi-arid plains of Prowers and Hamilton counties meet. The landscape is defined by its water management infrastructure, most notably the Amity Canal and its later segments labeled as Amity Canal (Abandoned). These irrigation routes, along with a prominent Levee, trace the edge of the high plains where Wild Horse Creek and East Horse Creek converge. Evidence of early rural education and settlement is preserved in the location of a School (Aband) and the Richland area. The presence of a Gravel Pit and numerous unnamed wells indicates the era's local extractive and agricultural activity. Tributaries like Cheyenne Creek and Spring Creek add detail to the drainage patterns that shaped the regional topography during the mid-twentieth century.