1913 Map of Ashby

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The glacial lakes of Otter Tail, Grant, and Douglas counties define this 1913 landscape, where the Northern Pacific RR and Great Northern RR intersect near the settlement of Dalton. This pre-World War I era shows a rural Minnesota prairie increasingly organized into school districts, with nearly twenty numbered schoolhouses, such as School No 19 and School No 71, serving the townships of Dane Prairie and St. Olaf. Large water bodies like Pelican Lake and Lake Christina dominate the topography, while smaller features like Mill Pond and the Pomme de Terre River suggest a local economy tied to water power and agriculture. The complex network of wetlands and potholes between Tenmile Lake and Stalker Lake illustrates the region's post-glacial geography before modern drainage or extensive highway development altered the terrain.