1906 Map of Evansville

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Evansville serves as a primary rail hub on this southern Wisconsin landscape, where the Chicago and Northwestern and other C. & N. W. R. R. lines converge to connect the agricultural hinterlands. The terrain is defined by its glacial history, featuring the prominent Lake Waubesa and Lake Kegonsa in the north, alongside numerous smaller kettle lakes like Lake Barney and Lake Harriet. Submerged contours provided by the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey offer rare bathymetric detail for these water bodies during the early twentieth century. Small rural settlements and crossroad hamlets such as Brooklyn, Oregon, and Rutland dot the prairie, while the Illinois Central railroad cuts through the western sections near Attica. The intersection of drainage systems, including Badfish Creek and Allen Creek, illustrates the complex hydrology that influenced the placement of early townships and transportation routes across Rock, Dane, and Green counties.