1967 Map of Schoonover

About this map

The small settlement of Schoonover sits along the high-desert tracks of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific railroad during the late 1960s. The landscape of Adams County is defined by the dramatic incisions of Rocky Coulee and Farrier Coulee, which cut through the undulating basalt plateau. This survey highlights an agricultural society organized by a dense grid of family-named roads, including Schoonover Road, Neergaard Road, and Rosenoff Road, marking the boundaries of wheat ranches and farmsteads. Local landmarks such as a small Cem and a Gravel Pit near the southern boundary point to the localized infrastructure of this rural community. The map's detail, including fine red dashed lines indicating fence lines, illustrates the careful division of land in this semi-arid region of Washington.