1942 Map of Fairbanks

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The Wabash River serves as the winding western boundary of this 1940 survey, carving a path through the borderlands between Indiana and Illinois. The landscape is characterized by its reliance on water-level transport and the historical traces of its earliest inhabitants, evidenced by an Indian Mound and several Indian Mounds overlooking the drainage of Prairie Creek. Near the small settlement of Fairbanks, the interior is a grid of country roads and family burial grounds, including the Pogue Cem and De Baun Cem. Before modern bridges dominated the crossing, the river was navigated via the York Ferry and Narrows Ferry. These transit points, alongside the Harrison Trail and Old Kentucky Road, reflect the vital early infrastructure that connected these rural farming communities to the wider Wabash valley trade networks.