1972 Map of Homestead

About this map

The transition between Major County and Blaine County is defined by a landscape of agricultural tradition and energy production during the early 1970s. The settlement of Homestead serves as a local focal point near the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific tracks, while the northern edge of the map reaches the Fairview corporate boundary and the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad. This survey captures a rural community structured around local institutions like the Progressive School and Mennonite Church, alongside several family and community burial grounds including Plymuth Cemetery and Cedar Cemetery. The terrain is deeply marked by the hydrology of Sand Creek and Deep Creek, as well as an extensive network of natural gas infrastructure indicated by numerous gas wells scattered across the township sections.