1940 Map of Tarkio
USGS Topo · Published 1940About this map
The Tarkio College campus sits at the heart of this Atchison County landscape, overlooking a town defined by the convergence of the West Tarkio Creek, Middle Tarkio Creek, and the Tarkio River. In the years before World War II, this region was a dense network of one-room schoolhouses and rural parishes, reflecting a highly localized agrarian society. Named institutions like Morning Star Sch and Evening Star Sch are scattered across the townships of Colfax and Tarkio, while the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad tracks cut through the southwestern corner near Corning. The transition from river-bottom farming to higher ground is marked by prominent cemeteries such as Prairie Hill Cem and Bush Cem, alongside aviation landmarks like the Tarkio Airport and a hilltop Airway Beacon, showing the early modernization of Missouri’s rural northwest.
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