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1956 Map of Fort Ripley

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Fort Ripley
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1989
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1989

About this map

The Mississippi River defines the western edge of this landscape, where the Camp Ripley Military Reservation occupies a significant portion of the riverfront. In the mid-1950s, the settlement of Fort Ripley served as a key point on the Northern Pacific railroad line, surrounded by a dense network of local rural infrastructure including School No 32 and the Fort Ripley Cemetery. To the east, the township of St Mathias is marked by its community center at the Town Hall and the St Mathias Church.

The terrain is heavily shaped by glacial hydrology, dominated by the winding course of the Nokasippi River and its sister, the Little Nokasippi River. These waters connect numerous basins such as Crow Wing Lake, Nokasippi Lake (Sebre Lake), and two separate bodies named Mud Lake. This area on the border of Morrison and Crow Wing counties reveals a post-war rural landscape of small district schools like School No 16 and family-linked landmarks like Michaels Lake (Morans Lake).