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1913 Map of Ashby

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

USGS Topo · Published 1913

About this map

Ashby and Dalton serve as the primary rail-connected hubs in this 1913 survey of the Minnesota lake country. The landscape is defined by its dense concentration of glacial basins, ranging from the expansive Pelican Lake and Tenmile Lake to smaller named bodies like Stalker Lake and Jolly Ann Lake. The Northern Pacific RR and the Great Northern Ry cut through these water bodies, influencing the placement of early rural infrastructure.

Genealogists will find a remarkably dense network of district schools, including School No 139 and School No 20, scattered across townships like Dane Prairie and Tordenskjold. The presence of Mill Pond along the Pomme de Terre River suggests the localized industry common before the consolidation of larger milling centers. This map captures the area just as the drainage projects were beginning to modify the natural hydrology of the Grant and Otter Tail county borderlands.