Old Maps of Ashley, Elba Township for Metal Detecting

1. 1918 Map of Elsie

   

   1918 Elsie

   1918 Print · USGS

   Central Michigan farmland and river valleys are captured here at the end of the Great War. Genealogists can trace family roots through numerous schoolhouses like Elba Center School and early rail stops at Carland, Bannister, and Munson Crossing.

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4. 1943 Map of Elsie, 1944 Print

   

   1943 Elsie

   1944 Print · USGS

   Mid-century central Michigan is captured here during the wartime years, showing the intersection of four counties. Genealogists can locate dozens of country schoolhouses like Kelsey Sch and Munson Sch or trace family roots in settlements such as Elsie, Ashley, and Bannister.

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7. 1954 Map of Midland, 1967 Print

   

   1954 Midland

   1967 Print · USGS

   Mid-Michigan at the peak of the post-war era shows a landscape balancing industrial growth in Midland with the deep timberlands of the Manistee National Forest. Researchers can trace the legacy of the timber and rail era along the Pennsylvania RR or find family roots in river towns like Chesaning and Big Rapids.

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10. 1958 Map of Midland

    

    1958 Midland

    1958 Print · USGS

    Central Michigan in the late fifties is captured here during a period of transition for its university towns and industrial hubs. Genealogists and researchers can trace family lines through old rail-stop towns like Breckenridge and Chesaning or locate property near the Muskegon River and Prairie Farm.

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13. 1959 Map of Midland

    

    1959 Midland

    1959 Print · USGS

    Mid-century Michigan comes alive in this survey of the central Lower Peninsula, from the streets of Grand Rapids to the Houghton Lake timberlands. Genealogists and rail fans can trace the Ann Arbor RR and Chesapeake and Ohio RR through towns like Big Rapids and Mount Pleasant.

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16. 1966 Map of Midland

    

    1966 Midland

    1966 Print · USGS

    Central Michigan in the mid-1960s shows a landscape of growing manufacturing hubs and active resource extraction. Genealogists and historians can trace the rail corridors of the Grand Trunk Western or locate family-named landmarks near Oil wells and the Muskegon River.

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19. 1974 Map of Ashley, 1978 Print

    

    1974 Ashley

    1978 Print · USGS

    The Gratiot County villages of Ashley and Bannister are shown during the mid-seventies when the local economy was still tied to rail and field. Researchers can trace family homesteads along Buchanan Road or study the rail junction between Conrail and the G T W lines.

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22. 1985 Map of Alma

    

    1985 Alma

    1985 Print · USGS

    Central Michigan in the mid-eighties shows a landscape of steady agricultural communities and vital rail corridors. Genealogists and local historians can trace family roots through the detailed grids of Alma, Ithaca, and Chesaning, or locate rural landmarks like Riverside Cem and Lumberjack Land Airport.

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25. 2023 Map of Ashley, 2023 Print

    

    2023 Ashley

    2023 Print · USGS

    Gratiot County's agricultural heartland is captured here in the early twenty-first century, centered on the settlements of Ashley and Bannister. Genealogists and local historians can trace family land along the Maple River, find old rural roads, and locate Shady Lawn Field.

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