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1913 Map of Cuyuna

Name: 1913 Topographic Map of Cuyuna
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1963
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1963

About this map

The Mississippi River winds through the southern reaches of this 1913 survey, defining a landscape of complex drainage and nascent industrial settlement in the Cuyuna Range. The village of Cuyuna sits at the nexus of the Minneapolis St Paul and Sault Ste Marie and Northern Pacific railroads, reflecting the critical role of rail transport in this mining and timber region. To the north, the settlement of Emily is surrounded by a dense network of glacial lakes including Ruth Lake, Lake Emily, and Little Pine Lake.

A notable network of early rural education is documented here, with numerous one-room schoolhouses like Mud Brook School, Keeler School, and School No 90 scattered across townships such as Ross Lake and Dean Lake. These small structures, often situated near family-named water bodies like Sullivan Lake and Nelson Lake, provide a clear view of the dispersed settlement patterns before later twentieth-century consolidation.