1972 Map of Offerle SE

About this map

The Old Indian Treaty Boundary slices through the southern portion of this landscape, marking a significant historical line across the Kansas plains in the early 1970s. This survey of the Ford and Edwards county line area is defined by the braided path of the Arkansas River as it sweeps through the southeastern corner, bordered by the township of South Brown. Rural life is centered around the Zion Ch and a network of agricultural townships including Wheatland and Trenton. The terrain is drained by the winding courses of Coon Creek and Cow Creek, which meander through a patchwork of section lines and scattered wells. The map documents a strictly functional landscape of mid-century grain production and land division, captured before modern center-pivot irrigation became the dominant visual feature of the region.