1948 Map of School No. 7

About this map

Educational districts and rural land divisions define this mid-century landscape in Box Butte County. The survey highlights a series of numbered local schools, including School No 7, School No 17, and School No 58, which served the scattered farmsteads of the Nonpareil and Wright precincts. Transportation through these High Plains reaches is anchored by the C B and Q RR in the northeast corner, a critical link for the region's agricultural economy. The terrain is deeply inscribed by the drainages of the North Branch Point of Rocks Creek and the South Branch Point of Rocks Creek, which flow through the central and southern portions of the quadrangle. Berea Creek also touches the northern edge, illustrating the subtle but essential water network that dictated early settlement patterns and township development in this part of western Nebraska.