1982 Map of Whiteman Ranch

About this map

The Alleman Ranch and several other family-named landholdings define the rural character of this West River landscape in the early 1980s. Located along the border of Haakon Co and Stanley Co, the area is etched by the drainage patterns of Lone Tree Creek, Hermaphrodite Creek, and Sansarc Creek. These waterways provide essential relief to the expansive Grand Field terrain, where agricultural life is anchored by dispersed homesteads like Whiteman Ranch, Paulson Ranch, and the Bruce Ranch. The presence of the Cheyenne Sch near the North Fork of Sansarc Creek indicates the social and educational center for the scattered ranching community during this era. High-voltage power lines cut across the eastern portion of the quadrangle, contrasting the traditional ranching operations of the Markwed Ranch and Jacobsen Ranch with modern infrastructure developments in the South Dakota plains.