1953 Map of Richeau Hills

About this map

Richeau Hills dominate the topography of this Platte County landscape, surveyed in the early 1950s as part of a Missouri River Basin development program. The map illustrates a high-altitude grazing environment defined by isolated ranching outposts and a complex network of intermittent water sources. Named landmarks like Hill Ranch and Home Ranch Spring suggest a history of early land claims centered on the few reliable water points in an otherwise arid upland.