1951 Map of Chetek

About this map

The sprawling waters of Prairie Lake and Pokegama Lake dominate this mid-century portrait of northwestern Wisconsin, where the Chetek River drains south through the heart of the settlement at Chetek. The landscape is a mix of agricultural progress and rural education, documented by a high density of country schools like the Gregerson Sch and the Edgewood Sch. The arrival of the mid-1950s saw several of these local institutions transitioning, as evidenced by the Greenwood Sch (Abandoned) and Bass Lake Sch (Abandoned).