1951 Map of Rockyford SW

About this map

Pine Ridge stretches across the center of this 1951 survey, defining the topographical character of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The White River meanders through the northwest, its course marked by a complex network of sandbars and shifting channels that contrast with the dissected badlands terrain to the south. This survey was conducted as part of a Department of the Interior program for the development of the Missouri River Basin, capturing the landscape just as aerial photogrammetry began to refine modern mapping. Along the northern banks of the river, Horse Creek joins the main flow near a small, unnamed Cem, providing a specific point of interest for those tracing family history or early settlement patterns in this part of Shannon County.