The Blue Earth River and its East Branch converge south of the city of Blue Earth, forming a landscape defined by water and agriculture in Faribault County. This early 21st-century record shows the organized grid of the city, including the Faribault County Fairgrounds and History Lane, set against a vast network of drainage features like County Ditch Number Seventeen and County Ditch Number Fourteen. These ditches illustrate the ongoing engineering required to manage the fertile Faribault County soils for modern farming.
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1954 · Fairmont
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1954 · Mason City
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1955 · Bricelyn
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1957 · Mason City
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1958 · Mason City
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1958 · Fairmont
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1967 · Pilot Grove
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1967 · Winnebago
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1967 · Elmore
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1967 · Huntley
USGS Topo · 1:24,000