1953 Map of Beecher East

About this map

The Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad runs north-south through Beecher, anchoring a landscape of rural farmsteads and township boundaries in the mid-1950s. This survey captures the borderlands of Will and Kankakee Counties in Illinois alongside Lake County, Indiana, where the terrain is defined by the drainage of Trim Creek, Pike Creek, and West Creek. Smaller settlements like Brunswick and Klaasville reflect the area’s agricultural heritage, supported by local institutions such as Deeke Sch and St Johns Ch. The presence of several family or community burial grounds, including Fuller Cem and Brunswick Cem, alongside St Lukes Cem near the Beecher townsite, offers significant detail for genealogical research. The map also illustrates the path of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific line as it cuts through the southern townships of Washington and Yellowhead.