1982 Map of Lost Lake Ranch

About this map

The ranching landscape of Brown County defines this 1982 survey, characterized by widely dispersed homesteads and livestock operations in the Nebraska sandhills. Family-named landmarks such as Allen Ranch, Johnson Ranch, and Assarson Ranch underscore the generational ties to this territory. The presence of Paradise Valley Sch in the south provides a rare marker of civic life in an otherwise sparsely populated region, while scattered Claypit and Well labels indicate the essential infrastructure required for local industry and water management. The topographic contours reveal a complex drainage and dune pattern, typical of the region's cattle-rearing environment during the late twentieth century. This map preserves a record of land use before modern consolidations, documenting the specific locations of the Kuehl Ranch and Steele Ranch alongside the namesake Lost Lake Ranch.