Old Maps of Yale, Bessemer for Academic Research
Study the evolution of Yale with 11 high-resolution historic maps. Whether you're teaching, researching, or modeling changes in land use, these maps provide essential visual documentation of urban, environmental, and geographic change.
- Analyze long-term change: Track patterns in development, transportation, and natural features.
- Ideal for environmental or urban studies: Support academic projects with primary historical map data.
- Use in the classroom or lab: Educators and researchers rely on these maps to bring historical context to life.
These maps are a powerful tool for teaching, research, and visualizing how Yale has changed over the decades.
Yale, Bessemer maps
(11)- 1943 Map of Ironwood1943 Ironwood1943 Print · USGSThe border country between Wisconsin and Michigan comes alive in this wartime survey of the iron range and timberlands. Researchers can trace early rural life through vanished sites like the Mosinee Lumber Camp, the Chicago and Northwestern Line, and local hubs like Buskirk.2 unique versions available
- 1953 Map of Ashland, 1964 Print1953 Ashland1964 Print · USGSNorthern Wisconsin's lakefront and timberlands are seen here in the mid-1950s, showing the intersection of industrial rail lines and vast wilderness. Genealogists and historians can trace the Soo Line through rail towns like Mellen or locate family roots in the Apostle Islands and Bad River Indian Reservation.3 unique versions available
- 1955 Map of Bessemer, 1957 Print1955 Bessemer1957 Print · USGSIronwood's industrial outskirts and the Gogebic Range mines are at their mid-century peak here in the mid-1950s. Genealogists and researchers can trace the neighborhoods of Anvil, Yale, and Ramsay alongside local landmarks like Washington Sch and the Old Tilden Mine.2 unique versions available
- 1955 Map of Ironwood, 1961 Print1955 Ironwood1961 Print · USGSThe Gogebic Range iron district comes to life in this mid-century study of the Michigan-Wisconsin borderlands. Trace the industrial rail networks and mines like Newport Mine alongside the Finnish Ch and vanished local schools.2 unique versions available
- 1958 Map of Ashland1958 Ashland1958 Print · USGSCoastal Wisconsin and the Michigan borderlands meet here in the late fifties, dominated by the timbered expanses and iron-rich ranges. Genealogists can trace family footprints in settlements like Odanah and Montreal, or locate landmarks such as the Coast Guard Station and Agricultural Experiment Station.
- 1980 Map of Ironwood1980 Ironwood1980 Print · USGSThe Michigan-Wisconsin borderlands appear in the late twentieth century as a landscape defined by iron mining and deep forests. Researchers can trace the rail-and-river economy through the Soo Line and Chicago and North Western tracks connecting Mellen, Glidden, and Hurley.
- 2011 Map of Bessemer, 2011 Print2011 Bessemer2011 Print · USGSCovers Yale, including Ironwood, Bessemer, and other nearby areas
- 2014 Map of Bessemer, 2014 Print2014 Bessemer2014 Print · USGSCovers Yale, including Ironwood, Bessemer, and other nearby areas
- 2017 Map of Bessemer, 2017 Print2017 Bessemer2017 Print · USGSCovers Yale, including Ironwood, Bessemer, and other nearby areas
- 2019 Map of Bessemer, 2019 Print2019 Bessemer2019 Print · USGSCovers Yale, including Ironwood, Bessemer, and other nearby areas
- 2023 Map of Bessemer, 2023 Print2023 Bessemer2023 Print · USGSBessemer and the mining towns of the Gogebic Range are captured in this contemporary look at Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Trace the residential layouts of Yale and Anvil or follow the transition of historic transport routes into the Ironwood to Bessemer State Trl.
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