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1973 Map of Truckton NE

Name: 1973 Topographic Map of Truckton NE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

About this map

The high plains of the El Paso Co Lincoln Co boundary define this landscape in the early 1970s. This survey records a network of established section roads and family-named routes, including Whittemore Road, Johnson Road, and Keller Road, which crisscross the prairie terrain. The drainage of Pond Creek and several isolated basins, simply labeled Pond, provide the primary relief in an area characterized by scattered agricultural development and ranching operations.

Genealogists and local historians will find St Lukes Cem situated along Shear Road, serving as a central landmark for the surrounding rural community. The presence of a Well and fine red dashed lines indicating selected fence lines further illustrate the property divisions and water management essential to the region's cattle-country history. This record captures the sparse, methodical layout of the eastern Colorado plains before later-century shifts in land use.