1896 Map of Plainville
USGS Topo · Published 1904About this map
Plainville and Stockton anchor this late nineteenth-century landscape, serving as primary hubs for the surrounding agricultural townships of Rooks and Ellis counties. The development of the region is clearly etched by the competing paths of the Union Pacific RR through the southern plains and the Missouri Pacific RR following the South Fork Solomon River valley to the north. These steel corridors connected isolated settlements like Zurich, Webster, and Natoma to wider markets, facilitating the transition from frontier territory to a structured rail-and-river economy.
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Editions of this 1896 Plainville Map
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Historical Maps of Plainville Through Time
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