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1942 Map of Richards

Name: 1942 Topographic Map of Richards
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1942
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1942

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Richards and Stotesbury anchor this rural landscape along the Kansas Missouri border, where the agricultural plains of Richland and Henry townships meet a dense network of early transportation. The Kansas City Southern and Missouri Pacific railroads define the movement of goods and people during this era, cutting through a terrain drained by the Little Osage River and its many tributaries, including Pecan Creek and Wolf Creek.

Local genealogy is well-preserved through several family and community landmarks. Researchers will find the Coffman Cem, East Liberty Cem, and Richland Cem distributed across the countryside, while the presence of Enoch Sch and McGinnis Sch points to the decentralized school system of the early 1940s. The elevation of Hickman Hill provides a rare vertical break in a landscape otherwise dominated by the meandering paths of Cottonwood Creek and Bitterroot Creek.