1976 Map of Custer NE

About this map

Pere Marquette River meanders in tight, complex oxbows across the central landscape of this 1976 orthophotograph, providing a rare visual record of the river's unchannelized course through Mason County. The aerial imagery captures the distinct spatial relationship between the small settlements of Tallman and Walhalla, set against a dense mosaic of woodlots and cleared agricultural plots. Because this is an orthophotoquad rather than a traditional line-drawn map, the sheet preserves the precise textures of the vegetation and the winding dirt paths that serve these rural communities during the mid-1970s. For researchers, the contrast between the dark, marshy river corridor and the structured road grid offers a clear view of how geography dictated local development patterns in this corner of Michigan.