The prairie landscape surrounding Ellendale serves as the focal point of this survey, where the town’s southern residential streets like 6th St S transition into the section-line roads of the agricultural heartland. Positioned on the state border between North Dakota and South Dakota, the area is defined by its subtle drainage patterns, including the winding course of Sewer Br and the seasonal channels of Dry Branch. Further south into South Dakota, the small settlement of Winship sits along the section lines, representing the quiet rural centers that anchored the regional farming economy. The map illustrates the rigid grid of the Public Land Survey System, with numbered townships like t129n r63w and t128n r64w providing a framework for the vast network of county roads and avenues that connect these borderland communities.
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1894 · Monango
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1894 · Ellendale
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1894 · Savo
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1894 · Fullerton
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1895 · Lamoure
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1896 · Columbia
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1896 · Edgeley
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1899 · Ellendale
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1918 · La Moure
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1925 · Edgeley
USGS Topo · 1:125,000