1956 Map of Brownsville

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Mississippi River waters and the labyrinthine islands of the Upper Mississippi River Wildlife and Fish Refuge dominate the eastern edge of this mid-century survey. On the bluffs above the river, the village of Brownsville sits at the mouth of Wildcat Creek, while the interior landscape is defined by high ridges and deep hollows. The settlement pattern here is one of decentralized upland communities, evidenced by a dense network of country schools, many of which are noted as abandoned by the 1950s, such as Peacock Ridge Sch and Franklin Sch.