1951 Map of Wessington SE
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1951 Map of Wessington SE

USGS Topo · Published 1951

About this map

Silver Creek and Sand Creek meander through a series of rural townships in Beadle County, defining the drainage patterns of this prairie landscape during the early 1950s. The map captures a distributed network of small country schoolhouses, including Roosevelt Sch, McBride Sch, Curtis Sch, and Bolte Sch, which served as the social and educational anchors for the surrounding farmsteads. This period shows the transition of the South Dakota plains under the Missouri River Basin development program, as indicated in the margin.


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Map Details

Date Portrayed1951
Date Published1951
PublisherU.S. Geological Survey
Map TypeTopographic
Scale1:24,000
Physical Dimensions21.9 x 26.8 inches

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