1959 Map of Mount Hope

About this map

Mount Hope and Andale anchor this late-1950s landscape where the agricultural plains meet the emerging industrial infrastructure of south-central Kansas. The Missouri Pacific Railroad cuts a diagonal path through the terrain, dictating the development of the small towns and grain-handling areas along its route. Across the southern section of the quadrangle, the Old Indian Boundary remains a marked legal line, bisecting the township divisions of Sherman and Sumner.