1925 Map of Altenburg

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Altenburg and the surrounding Saxon Lutheran settlements of eastern Perry County define this landscape along the western bluffs of the Mississippi River in the early 1920s. The map captures a deeply established agricultural and religious community, centered on towns like Frohna and Brazeau, where numerous country schools such as Eureka School and Trickey School served scattered farmsteads. The riverfront is remarkably active, showing several critical landings including Leimbach Landing and Hines Landing, alongside the industrial presence of Silica Mines near the river bank. Notable geologic and navigation landmarks like the Devils Bake Oven and Tower Rock stand near Grand Tower, while the St. Louis San Francisco RR skirts the shoreline. Inland, the complex drainage of Apple Creek and Brazeau Creek dictates the placement of early road networks like the Apple Creek Road, connecting long-standing settlements like Pocahontas and Old Appleton.