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1910 Map of Leavenworth

Name: 1910 Topographic Map of Leavenworth
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1938
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1938

About this map

The Fort Leavenworth Military Reservation and the extensive U S Penitentiary Reserve dominate this early twentieth-century survey of the Kansas-Missouri border. The city of Leavenworth is shown in detail, showing the dense urban grid south of the federal lands, while across the Missouri River in Missouri, Platte City and Weston sit amidst a network of small farm-to-market rail stops like Beverly Station and Settles Station. This period was the height of rail transport in the region, evidenced by the convergence of the Union Pacific, Missouri Pacific, and Chicago Great Western lines.

Institutional life is deeply recorded through dozens of country schools such as Fancy Bottoms School and Woodland School, alongside the Soldiers Home National Military Home and St Marys Academy. The landscape is defined by the shifting course of the river, with Kickapoo Island and Stigers Island punctuating the waterway, while prominent landmarks like Pilot Knob and Sentinel Hill provide high points for the surveyors.