1950 Map of South Roggen

About this map

South Roggen and the surrounding high plains are documented here just as the Department of the Interior was focusing on the Missouri River Basin development. The landscape is characterized by its drainage patterns, notably Long Draw Creek and Hay Gulch, which feed into the larger prairie system. Small, localized points of interest like Dido and De Spain suggest early attempts at settlement or landholding in this arid stretch of Weld County. Evidence of shifting infrastructure is clear in the Henrylyn Canal (Abandoned), which traces the southwestern corner of the sheet, reflecting the early 20th-century challenges of western irrigation. Scattered windmills and wells serve as critical landmarks for ranchers, while the early Television Relay Station in the central hills represents the introduction of modern communications technology to the rural Colorado interior at mid-century.