1953 Map of Rapid City NW

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Elk Creek and Boxelder Creek wind through the West River landscape of the Black Hills foothills on this mid-century survey. The area exhibits a pattern of rural settlement focused on community institutions, with family and parish life centered around landmarks such as Holy Family Ch, the Elk Creek Community Hall, and the Elk Vale Cem. The map captures a transition in local education, showing active sites like Harmony Sch and Fairview Sch alongside the already School No 3 (Abandoned). Crossing the Meade and Pennington County line, the terrain is marked by numerous Gravel Pits, pointing to the local infrastructure needs of the 1950s. Purple photorevised updates from 1971 show the expansion of the road network and new building footprints, layered over the original 1953 topography.