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1957 Map of City Point

Name: 1957 Topographic Map of City Point
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1966
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1966

About this map

The East Fork Black River defines the central character of this Central Wisconsin landscape, where the Green Bay and Western railroad provided a vital link through the marshy lowlands in the mid-1950s. The settlement at City Point serves as a small hub, anchored by the City Point Cem and Martyrs Cem. To the west, the tiny community of Pray sits near a Ranger Station, marking the edge of a region defined by complex hydrology and specialized agriculture.

Evidence of the local cranberry industry is scattered throughout the township of Remington and the surrounding basin, where numerous Cranberry Bogs were established in the wet, acidic soils. This era of rural development is also visible through local institutions like St Pauls Ch and Audubon Sch, which supported the dispersed farmsteads of Sherwood and Cary. Large water bodies like Potter Flowage and the Sherwood Dam highlight the engineering required to manage the flow across this level, water-rich terrain.