1916 Map of Connell

About this map

Michigan Prairie and the surrounding coulee-riddled landscape of Eastern Washington define this 1916 survey, a time when small rural schoolhouses served as the primary social anchors for homesteading families. The region is marked by an extensive network of school districts, including Michigan Prairie School, Kansas Prairie School, and Delaney School, reflecting the distribution of early twentieth-century dryland farming communities. The town of Connell serves as a central hub where the Northern Pacific and Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Co lines converge, facilitating the transport of grain from the surrounding flats.