The confluence where the North Loup River and Middle Loup River join to form the Loup River anchors this corner of Howard County. This landscape is defined by the hydrologic movement through the valley, where smaller tributaries like Cady Cr and Lake Cr drain the surrounding loess hills. Local history is etched into the township lines of t15n r10w and t16n r9w, where three distinct burial grounds—Saint Peter Cem, North Cem, and Logan Cem—remain as markers of the area's rural settlement. Human engineering is visible in several water storage sites including Kolar Reservoir and Miller Reservoir, while the section-line road network of Jansen Rd and Friend Rd maintains the traditional gridded footprint of the Great Plains.
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1899 · Loup
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1899 · St. Paul
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1953 · Scotia NE
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1953 · Nysted
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1953 · Elba
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1954 · Wolbach
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1954 · Wolbach NE
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1955 · Broken Bow
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1955 · Wolbach SW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1955 · Cushing
USGS Topo · 1:24,000