1950 Map of Kilgore

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The Chicago and North Western railroad bisects the high plains of northern Nebraska in this 1950 survey, connecting the small settlements of Kilgore and Crookston. The landscape is defined by the sharp transition from the rolling prairie in the north, where Minnechaduza Creek flows toward the Rosebud Indian Reservation, to the deep incisions of the Niobrara River valley in the south. This southern reach is characterized by the Nebraska National Forest and a series of steep canyons, including a prominent Flowing Well and the Anderson Bridge crossing.