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1942 Map of Glidden

Name: 1942 Topographic Map of Glidden
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1956
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1956

About this map

The Chippewa River and its East Fork Chippewa River dominate this 1942 examination of the north woods, where small settlements cling to the rail and road corridors. The Minneapolis St Paul and Sault Ste Marie RR cuts a north-south path through the landscape, anchoring towns like Morse and Glidden. Much of the western territory is designated as the Chequamegon National Forest, a terrain defined by glacial features including Gordon Lake and Spillberg Lake.

Genealogical details appear in the form of rural schoolhouses, some already marked as defunct by the early 1940s, such as the East Side Sch (Abandoned) and Pine Curve Sch (Abandoned). These small footprints, along with the Morse Cem, provide a record of the shifting population centers in Ashland and Iron counties. The map also captures infrastructure vital to the era's timber and fire management, including a Fire Tower near the Moose Hill high point.