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1950 Map of Prairie View School

Name: 1950 Topographic Map of Prairie View School
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1950
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1950

About this map

Niobrara County ranchlands define this 1950 survey, conducted as part of the Department of the Interior's Missouri River Basin development program. The map documents a landscape of isolated homesteads and essential water sources, centered on the Prairie View Sch which served the surrounding community. Family-held lands are prominently marked, including the Hester Ranch, Richardson Ranch, and the neighboring Roy Robinson Ranch and Ted Robinson Ranch.

Survival in this arid Wyoming terrain is mapped through a dense network of windmills that tap into the groundwater near Muddy Creek and Spanish Creek. The topography, derived from 1948 aerial photography and 1949 plane-table surveys, captures the drainage patterns of Little Muddy Creek and several unnamed springs, illustrating the critical relationship between water access and settlement in the high plains.