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1951 Map of Chetek

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Chetek
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1969
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1969

About this map

Chetek and Rice Lake anchor this 1951 survey, a landscape defined by an extensive network of interconnected waters including Prairie Lake, Pokegama Lake, and Tenmile Lake. The region is a study in mid-century rural infrastructure, where three major railroads—the North Western, the Minneapolis Sault Ste Marie and Atlantic, and the Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha—intersect to serve the lakeside communities.

Evidence of shifting rural populations is visible in the many schoolhouses dotting the landscape, several of which, like Greenwood Sch and Pleasant Valley Sch, are already noted as defunct. Genealogists will find numerous small burial grounds such as Pioneer Rest Cem and Faaberg Cem, while geographic landmarks like Pittmans Point and the Blue Hills provide distinct natural orientation points amidst the complex lake system and cranberry bogs.