1916 Map of Edgington

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Mississippi River islands and braided sloughs dominate the northern corridor of this 1913 survey, where the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad tracks skirt the riverbank. This era of rural development is marked by a dense network of country schools, such as Whiteoak School, Patterson School, and Point Pleasant School, positioned to serve the farming families across Buffalo Prairie and Eliza. The landscape transitions from the river bottomlands at Vealey Chute and Andalusia Slough to the upland plains of Edgington.