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1958 Map of Drake SE

Name: 1958 Topographic Map of Drake SE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1959
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1959

About this map

The glacial prairie of Sheridan and McHenry Counties is defined by an intricate network of wetlands and namesake family lakes in this late-1950s survey. Spanning the townships of Spring Grove, Anamoose, and New Germantown, the landscape is a complex of water bodies including Lake Richard, Frankhauser Lake, and Sandy Lake. These features, along with Moorehead Lake and Guyes Lake, represent the characteristic pothole region of North Dakota, where the drainage pattern is largely internal and topography is shaped by glacial deposition.

Evidence of local rural education is preserved at Rosenfield Sch No 1, which served the farming families scattered across these sections. The presence of a Gravel Pit indicates the localized extraction of glacial materials for road building during this era. This map documents a quiet, agrarian period before significant changes in modern drainage or land use, capturing the specific geography of the Missouri River Basin development program.