1945 Map of Reardan

About this map

The railroad junction at Reardan anchors this mid-century portrait of the Lincoln County plateau, where the Northern Pacific and Great Northern lines intersect the Sunset Highway. The landscape is defined by its agricultural community hubs, including the Spring Creek Grange and the West Deep Creek Grange, which served as social centers for the surrounding wheat country. The survey captures a network of rural education and memorial sites, from District School No 1 in the northwest to the Pleasant View Cem. A notable piece of aviation history is recorded near Magnison Butte, where a grounded Airway Beacon assisted pilots navigating the inland empire. Small grain-stop settlements like Waucon, Hite, and Edwall trace the rail corridors, while the drainages of Crab Creek and Deep Creek carve through the basalt-heavy terrain.