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1938 Map of Long Branch

Name: 1938 Topographic Map of Long Branch
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1957
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1957

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Fitzsimons General Hospital and its extensive U S Military Reservation dominate the southern portion of this landscape, reflecting the military's significant footprint in Adams County during the late 1930s. The area exhibits a transition from early industrial and agricultural activity, evidenced by the Irondale settlement and the complex network of irrigation ditches like the O'Brien Ditch and the Highline Canal. Water management is central to this prairie environment, with sites such as the Blackman Lake Site and several small reservoirs including Ladora Lake and Derby Lake providing essential resources for the region.

Transportation corridors define the settlement patterns, as the Union Pacific and C R I and P RR tracks parallel the established roads. Education in these outlying communities is anchored by small institutions like Rose Hill Sch and Long Branch Sch. The growing edge of Aurora is visible in the southwest, while the drainage of First Creek and Second Creek reveals the natural topography before modern development extensively altered the surface drainage.