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1896 Map of Patrick

Name: 1896 Topographic Map of Patrick
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1903
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1903

About this map

The North Platte River serves as the primary corridor for settlement in this 1895 survey of eastern Wyoming and western Nebraska. Early development is concentrated along the riverbanks, where established sites like Torrington and Rock Ranch anchor a network of family-held properties. Further inland, the landscape is defined by the significant depression of Goshen Hole and the prominent Pine Ridge escarpment, where the terrain transitions toward the high plains.

Genealogists and local historians will find a dense distribution of early cattle-era holdings, including Coffee's Ranch near Red Cloud Slough and Hauphoff's Ranch on the southern river terrace. The map preserves the original boundary between Laramie County, Wyoming, and Sioux County, Nebraska, documenting the state line before many of these early ranching outposts like Patrick and Muskrat were superseded by more modern infrastructure.