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1950 Map of Windsor

Name: 1950 Topographic Map of Windsor
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1970
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1970

About this map

Agricultural development and water management define this mid-century portrait of northern Colorado, where the Larimer and Weld County line divides a landscape shaped by irrigation and rail. The town of Windsor is the primary hub, situated near Windsor Lake and the Cache la Poudre River. To the south, the village of Kelim serves as a junction for the Great Western, Union Pacific, and Colorado and Southern railroads, highlighting the area's importance as a transportation corridor for sugar beets and other crops.

A sophisticated network of canals, including the Loveland and Greeley Canal, Greeley No 2 Canal, and Hillsboro Ditch, snakes across the terrain to feed reservoirs like Fossil Creek Reservoir and Oklahoma Reservoir. Rural education centers such as Oklahoma School, Jeffers Sch, and Mountain View School are scattered across the plains, providing valuable markers for genealogists tracing family locations near the Big Thompson River or the Officer and Lory stations.