1953 Map of Arnold

About this map

The small community of Arnold serves as the focal point for this early 1950s survey of southern St. Louis County, where the landscape is defined by the transition from rural townships into the forested headwaters of the North Shore streams. Local infrastructure centers on rural education and faith, evidenced by the Lakewood Sch and Exeter Farms Ch in the southern reaches, while the northern sections are dominated by the woodland and water of Gnesen and Normanna townships. Numerous small bodies of water, including the centrally located Eagle Lake and the oddly shaped Horseshoe Lake, suggest a glaciated terrain heavily interspersed with marshes.