1958 Map of Goldwin

About this map

Goldwin stands as a lonely outpost on the Northern Pacific railroad line, surrounded by a pockmarked landscape of prairie potholes in central North Dakota. This late-1950s landscape is defined by its erratic glacial geography, where township blocks like Glacier and Wadsworth contain dozens of small, unnamed water bodies alongside larger landmarks like Northwestern Lake and Alkali Lake. The concentration of water suggests the importance of local hydrology to the rural economy of Stutsman County at mid-century.