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1946 Map of Brush Lake

Name: 1946 Topographic Map of Brush Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1955
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1955

About this map

The high plains along the Montana North Dakota border are defined by a scattered network of glacial prairie potholes and rural section-line roads in this 1946 survey. The area around Brush Lake serves as a local focal point, featuring the Brush Lake Resort on its eastern shore. This landscape is a patchwork of small-scale water bodies like Twin Lakes and Horseshoe Lake, interspersed with the vital community infrastructure of the mid-century homesteading era.

Genealogists and local historians can find the locations of the St Olaf Cem and rural educational centers such as Wilson Sch and Liberty Sch. The drainage of the region is traced through the winding paths of Cottonwood Creek and Willow Creek, which cut through the townships of Grenora and Climax. The map captures the remote, organized character of the Sheridan Co and Williams Co borderlands before modern consolidation.