1970 Map of Tekamah

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The Chicago and North Western railroad corridor anchors the city of Tekamah, serving as a vital transportation spine for this Burt County seat. The town center is densely marked with civic landmarks, including the Courthouse, City Hall, and a local Nursing Home, reflecting a mid-century period of established community infrastructure. To the east, the landscape transitions into a complex hydraulic network designed to manage the fertile bottomlands between the Missouri River and the Little Sioux River. This engineering is evident in the numerous man-made channels like the Arizona Diversion Ditch and Riverside Ditch, which redirect the natural flow of Silver Creek and Mud Creek. The small settlement of Arizona and its corresponding Arizona Cemetery stand as quiet reminders of earlier rural clusters along these reclaimed plains, while the Tekamah Municipal Airport signals the region's mid-20th-century modernization.