1954 Map of Warden

About this map

Warden serves as the focal point of this mid-1950s survey, situated at a major crossing of the Northern Pacific and the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific railroads. This intersection, along with the adjacent West Warden, illustrates the town's role as a transportation and logistics hub for the surrounding Columbia Basin. The landscape is defined by the massive irrigation infrastructure of the East Low Canal, which winds through the territory and utilizes a large Siphon to navigate the terrain south of town. Beyond the residential grid, the map records industrial and agricultural markers such as a Quarry, a Gravel Pit, and the small settlement of Simenson near the southern border of Grant and Adams County. This survey captures the region just as the expansion of the canal system was fundamentally reshaping the local geography and economy.