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1913 Map of Alger

Name: 1913 Topographic Map of Alger
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1961
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1961

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The Auglaize River and Scioto River headwaters define this landscape at the intersection of Hardin, Allen, Auglaize, and Logan counties. The drainage network is characterized by extensive reclamation efforts, visible in the straight channels of Cooney Ditch and Lord Ditch that cut through the mucklands near Alger and McGuffey. This infrastructure supported the local onion-growing industry, which relied on the Erie RR for transporting harvests from settlements like Harrod.

Educational life is deeply mapped here, with dozens of rural one-room schoolhouses such as Mustard School, Klinger School, and Hiptight School serving dispersed farming families. To the south, the northern shoreline of Indian Lake appears with its cluster of islands, including Walnut Is and Crane I, adjacent to the community of Avondale. The network of early thoroughfares like Kenton Road and Wapakoneta Road connects the small market centers of Waynesfield and New Hampshire.