1967 Map of Reiman SW

About this map

The high plateau of Adams County in the late 1960s is defined by its rectilinear road network and the deep, winding incision of Bauer Coulee. Named for several local families, the landscape is dotted with small agricultural clusters such as Greenwalt, Alter, Melt, and Kasper. These settlements reflect a mid-century rural distribution where individual farmsteads were linked by well-defined routes including Lauer Road and Franz Road. The map reveals the practical infrastructure of the era, from industrial sites like the Borrow Pit and Gravel Pit to the numerous survey markers (BM) that measured the undulating elevations of the Columbia Basin. The presence of several Well sites across the terrain underscores the reliance on groundwater to support this semi-arid farming region before larger-scale irrigation changes.