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1973 Map of Sawyer

Name: 1973 Topographic Map of Sawyer
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1975
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1975

About this map

The town of Sawyer serves as the primary hub in this southern Kansas landscape, situated along the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad line. The map reveals a land defined by its waterways, most notably where North Elm Creek and South Elm Creek converge to form the main branch of Elm Creek. To the south, the settlement of Elm Mills sits near the creek's edge, while the surrounding hills are dotted with numerous Oil Wells and Gas Wells, signaling the region's energy production in the early 1970s.

A significant historical marker, the Old Indian Treaty Boundary, bisects the map, running east-to-west across the terrain. This line separates the northern section in Pratt County from the southern reaches in Barber County. Travelers in the 1970s would have found rest at the Roadside Park located near the junction of Crooked Creek and the southern highway, while smaller drainages like Amber Creek and Sand Creek carve through the prairie to the east and south.