1972 Map of Elba

About this map

Whitewater State Park and the expansive Minnesota Memorial Hardwood State Forest dominate this river-cut landscape in the early 1970s. The topography is defined by the branching forks of the Whitewater River, including the North Fork and South Fork, which carve through deep valleys surrounding the community of Elba. Small rural settlements like Fairwater and Kingsley Corner are interspersed with several gravel operations, indicating the local extraction industry of the era.