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1949 Map of Riverview

Name: 1949 Topographic Map of Riverview
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

About this map

Riverview serves as a small point of settlement along the southern bank of the Niobrara River in this 1949 survey. The landscape is defined by the heavy dissection of the river valley, where numerous watercourses like Wyman Creek, Sand Creek, and Elk Creek carve through the tablelands of Custer and Brinkerhoff. The map reveals a rural infrastructure of one-room schoolhouses that once anchored these ranching communities, including Lamb Sch, School No 62, and School No 61.

Beyond the primary river channel, which contains features like Kindall Island, the terrain transitions into the high sand hills and draws of the Long Pine and Bassett regions. The map provides a detailed view of the Missouri River Basin development era, capturing the specific location of windmills and spring-fed creeks that supported the isolated homesteads and cattle operations of the mid-twentieth century.