1952 Map of Clinton

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The Mississippi River corridor dominates this 1950s survey, illustrating a landscape defined by the Upper Mississippi River Wildlife and Fish Refuge and large-scale water management. Engineering works like Lock and Dam No 13 and the Cattail Slough levee system reveal how the region’s hydrology was reshaped for navigation and flood control. Along the eastern bluffs and floodplains, a dense network of one-room schoolhouses, such as Stone St Sch and Lockhart Sch, serves as a marker of the mid-century rural education system before widespread consolidation.