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1906 Map of Eldorado

Name: 1906 Topographic Map of Eldorado
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1937
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1937

About this map

Eldorado serves as the industrial and transportation hub for this 1905 survey of Southern Illinois, where coal mining and extensive rail networks shaped the local economy. The presence of Dering Mines just west of the city center highlights the era's reliance on extraction, supported by a dense web of competing railroads including the Illinois Central RR and the Louisville and Nashville RR.

The landscape is defined by the winding course of the North Fork Saline River and its numerous tributaries like Cane Creek and Whiteoak Creek. Smaller agricultural settlements such as Norris City, Omaha, and Broughton are connected by early thoroughfares like the Nashville Highway. Rural commerce is evidenced by locations such as Francis Mills and several specialized railroad stops, including Gossett Sta and Middlepoint Roland Sta, which served the surrounding prairies and creek bottoms at the turn of the century.