1973 Map of Gleason

About this map

The Prairie River meanders through a landscape of marshy lowlands and wooded terrain in Lincoln and Langlade Counties, defining the character of the settlements at Gleason and Dudley. This region, surveyed in the early 1970s, reveals a specialized ethnic history through the presence of the Estonian Cem and Latvian Cem, indicating the immigrant groups that settled this portion of northern Wisconsin. The Midway Sch and the community of Weir anchor the southern reaches of the map, while the expansive Prairie River State Public Hunting and Fishing Area occupies the northern wetlands.