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1952 Map of Taylor NW

Name: 1952 Topographic Map of Taylor NW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

About this map

The Calamus River winds through the heart of this Loup County landscape, where the sandy hills of the Taylor and Strohl regions meet the river's lowlands. Surveyed in the early 1950s as part of the Department of the Interior's Missouri River Basin development program, the map captures a rural Nebraska environment defined by isolated ranching outposts and small-scale water features. Prominent among these are Upriver Ranch to the north and Holmes Ranch to the south, marking the primary human settlements in this expansive terrain.

Evidence of local community structure appears at the Sebesta Sch, a rural schoolhouse positioned near the eastern margin. The river itself creates distinct hydrological landmarks, including the oxbow formation at Horseshoe Bend Lake and the nearby Mud Bayou. The landscape is further divided into large named tracts such as Bloody and Little York, reflecting local land use patterns and topographical divisions typical of mid-century Nebraska ranching country.