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1957 Map of Shippee

Name: 1957 Topographic Map of Shippee
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1958
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1958

About this map

Beaver Creek meanders deeply through this Nebraska-Kansas borderland, its valley floor providing the primary corridor for regional transport and early settlement. The small community of Shippee is established along the tracks of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad, which follows the north bank of the creek. This infrastructure was critical for the agricultural townships of Tyrone and Wilsonville in Furnas County, connecting isolated farms to larger markets.

South of the state line, the terrain transitions into the Kansas townships of Lebanon, Sherman, Grant, and Crystal. The map documents the local landscape of the late 1950s, showing the Tyrone Cem and a network of section roads that define the rural grid. This survey reflects the post-war rural character of the Missouri River Basin development era, highlighting the relationship between the winding waterway and the rigid geometric boundaries of the High Plains.