The High Plains borderland between Colorado and Kansas is defined here by the winding course of Little Beaver Cr, which carves a subtle valley through the otherwise flat township and range grid. This 2019 survey documents the rural landscape of Kit Carson County, Colorado, and Sherman County, Kansas, where the rectilinear county road system — including Co RD JJ and Co RD 88 — strictly dictates movement across the prairie. For those tracing family roots in this agricultural region, the Beaver Valley Cem stands as a primary landmark of the local community. The map reveals the persistence of early land divisions and the sparse, methodical placement of farmsteads that characterize this portion of the Great Plains late into the twenty-first century.
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1950 · Bonny Reservoir
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1952 · St Francis 3
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1954 · Limon
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1954 · Goodland
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1956 · Goodland
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1957 · Limon
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1957 · Goodland
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1958 · Limon
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1966 · Ruleton NW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1966 · Ruleton
USGS Topo · 1:24,000