
Medicine Creek and its meandering tributaries, including Muddy Creek, define the agricultural landscape of this northern Missouri region in the early 1920s. The map reveals a dense network of local education and community life, with numerous rural schoolhouses such as Banner School, Prairie Valley School, and the aptly named Brush College School serving scattered farmsteads. Settlement is concentrated along the rail lines, where the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul intersects with the local economy at Chula, while the Chicago Burlington and Quincy passes through Wheeling to the south.
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1921 · Chillicothe
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1923 · Chillicothe
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1924 · Dawn
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1924 · Chula
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1924 · Hale
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1946 · Brookfield
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1946 · Galt
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1947 · Chula
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1948 · Brookfield
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1948 · Trenton
USGS Topo · 1:62,500