1957 Map of Lebo NW

About this map

Neosho Rapids sits at the southwestern corner of this Kansas landscape, where the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad cuts across the prairie. This 1957 survey, updated with 1973 revisions, reveals a complex intersection of historic boundaries and water management. The Old Indian Boundary bisects the terrain diagonally, a physical reminder of 19th-century land divisions that predates the modern county lines of Lyon, Osage, and Coffey. To the northeast, the Melvern Lake reservoir occupies the valley of the Marais des Cygnes River, illustrating the mid-century transformation of the local watershed.