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1973 Map of Reamsville

Name: 1973 Topographic Map of Reamsville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1975
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1975

About this map

The Nebraska-Kansas border defines the northern edge of this agricultural landscape in Smith County during the early 1970s. This survey illustrates a rural society organized around small civic and religious centers, such as Reamsville and Thornburg. The land is heavily dissected by an intricate drainage system including the aptly named Troublesome Creek, Stinking Creek, and Iowa Creek, which carve through the townships of Martin, Beaver, and Pleasant.

Evidence of local community life is preserved in the location of the Pleasant Hill Ch and its neighboring Pleasant Hill Cem, alongside the Eminence Cem further east. A single Quarry in the southwest corner of the quadrangle points to the area's minor extractive activity, while the section lines and field boundaries show the enduring footprint of the Homestead Act on this portion of the Great Plains.