2014 Map of Lodgepole SW

About this map

The high plains along the Nebraska and Colorado state line are defined by a regular grid of section roads and the winding drainage of Cow Creek. This landscape in Logan County and surrounding regions preserves small but significant markers of early settlement, most notably the Czech Slovensky Cem and the Swankee Cem. These burial grounds sit amidst a vast agricultural expanse where topographical features like Sedgwick Draw and Cottonwood Creek interrupt the otherwise orderly progression of numbered routes such as Road 10 and Road 141. The presence of these named cemeteries provides a specific link to the ethnic heritage and homesteading history of the families who worked this corner of the Great Plains.