1925 Map of Edgeley

About this map

Whitestone Battlefield Park anchors the south-central portion of this landscape, marking a significant historical site within a region defined by late 19th-century prairie settlement. The map reflects a landscape organized by both civil townships and the reach of competing railroad lines. Four major rail systems—the Northern Pacific, Midland Continental, Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul, and Minneapolis St Paul and Sault Ste Marie—intersect here, facilitating the growth of grain-shipping hubs like Edgeley, Kulm, and the county seat at Ellendale. This survey, revised by Herbert A. Hard in 1916, captures the transition of the Dakota territory from open prairie to a grid of agricultural townships such as Pomona View, Swede, and German. Water features like Raney Lake and the Maple River provide natural breaks in the rectangular survey system that dominates this early 20th-century view of LaMoure and Dickey Counties.