1973 Map of Thrall NW

About this map

North Branch Verdigris River and its network of tributaries carve through the heart of Chase County in the early 1970s. This survey illustrates a rural landscape defined by ranching and transit, dominated by the diagonal path of the Kansas Toll Road Turnpike slicing through the western sections. The terrain is divided into the expansive townships of Bazaar and Matfield, where the headwaters of numerous creeks including Norton Creek, Sharpes Creek, and Bloody Creek create a dense drainage pattern across the prairie. The map documents industrial infrastructure of the era, notably the series of pipelines that traverse the northern and central hills. Researchers will find a world of named water features like Camp Creek and Bull Creek that historically dictated the placement of homesteads and grazing lands in this portion of the Flint Hills region.