1955 Map of Keats

About this map

Keats sits at the intersection of local topography and industrial transit, serving as a key point on the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad line. The landscape is defined by the winding course of Wildcat Creek, which cuts through the western edge of the Manhattan hills before the terrain levels out into the Ashland Bottoms near the Kansas River. This mid-century survey reveals a transition from the structured military landscape of the Fort Riley Military Reservation and Ogden in the south to the agricultural and institutional developments of the eastern flats.