1943 Map of Fredonia

Detailed surveying by J.P. Rydeen and others captures a transition from river valley farming to upland prairie. For the local historian, the map preserves the locations of vanished educational and religious landmarks, including the St Francis Ch and over twenty district schools such as Forty Four Sch and Ten Penny Sch. Family names are etched into the terrain via features like Shafer Lake and Coon Creek, providing essential context for genealogical research in a period before mid-century consolidation altered the rural fabric.