1931 Map of Baldwin NW

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Manistee National Forest dominates this landscape, showing a network of rural roads and logging-era infrastructure along the winding Pere Marquette River. The settlement of Wingleton serves as a focal point near the center of the map, surrounded by a cluster of water bodies including Wingleton Lake, Feeder Lake, and Railroad Lake. This 1931 field examination records the transition of the region as early automotive travel began to shape the corridor along U S Highway No 10. In the southern portion of the quadrangle, the Town Hall and the broad expanse of Pleasant Plains indicate the sparse but established civic footprint of Lake County during the interwar period. The intricate oxbows of the river and small feeder streams like Kinney Creek reveal the natural drainage patterns that defined local land use and transit before modern development.