The Dawson County Canal carves across the southwestern corner of this Nebraska landscape, tracing the irrigation history vital to the Platte River Valley. This agricultural expanse is defined by a rigid section-line road grid, where north-south routes like Apache Rd and Arrow Rd intersect with an orderly series of numbered east-west thoroughfares. The drainage pattern of the region flows generally southward, with Bell Cr, Elm Cr, and Turkey Cr meandering through the rolling topography toward the Platte. Us-183 serves as the primary north-south artery along the eastern edge, passing near Turkey Creek Rd. The boundary between Dawson County and Buffalo County runs vertically through the center of the sheet, providing a clear reference point for land ownership and local history research in this rural corridor.
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1896 · Lexington
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1896 · Kearney
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1899 · Lexington
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1955 · Grand Island
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1957 · Grand Island
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1958 · Grand Island
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1961 · Elm Creek West
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1961 · Amherst
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1961 · Miller SW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1962 · Elm Creek East
USGS Topo · 1:24,000