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1972 Map of Eau Claire West

Name: 1972 Topographic Map of Eau Claire West
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1975
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1975

About this map

The Chippewa River carves a deep industrial and recreational corridor through this portion of western Wisconsin, anchored by the dense urban grid of Eau Claire. The map reveals the city’s expansion across the water, where landmarks like Mt Simon and Mt Washington provide dramatic vertical relief against the riverbanks. The local economy and social fabric are traced through a high density of civic institutions, including the Univ of Wisconsin, Sacred Heart Hosp, and the Mt Washington Sanatorium.

Infrastructure is dominated by the Chicago and North Western and Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific railroads, which parallel the river and serve the outlying settlement of Porterville. Beyond the city center, the landscape transitions into the rural townships of Wheaton and Union, where smaller features like the Little Red Sch and McCombs Cem offer valuable points of interest for local history and genealogy research.