1972 Map of Pullen Ranch

About this map

The high plains of Nebraska's Sandhills region are defined by a network of private homesteads and cattle operations in this early 1970s survey. Named properties including The Old Homestead Ranch and the eponymous Pullen Ranch are scattered across a landscape of undulating dunes and dry basins. The map illustrates a rural western economy centered on ranching, where small settlements like Connell Ranch and Hoban Ranch serve as the primary landmarks in an otherwise open expanse. Running east-to-west across the lower third of the sheet, the county line between McPherson Co and Lincoln Co marks a administrative boundary through the grazing lands. This document is a precise record of the land use and property divisions before modern shifts in regional agriculture.