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1950 Map of Grahams Island

Name: 1950 Topographic Map of Grahams Island
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1959
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1959

About this map

Grahams Island rises as a prominent landmark within the shifting waters of Devils Lake, a landscape defined by its complex shoreline and recessed bays. The map shows the region at a time of established rural infrastructure, evidenced by a dense network of numbered schools, such as School No 7 and School No 1, and country congregations like Antiochia Ch and Big Coulee Ch. The Fort Totten Indian Reservation Boundary cuts across the southern portion of the sheet, where an Old Military Reservation is noted alongside Sullys Hill National Wildlife Refuge.

Railroad connectivity is a central feature of the mid-century economy here, with the Great Northern and the Minneapolis ST Paul And Sault Ste Marie lines traversing the plains to serve grain-handling settlements like Penn and the county seat of Minnewaukan. Local water bodies, from Pelican Lake to the oddly named Stink Lake, highlight the glaciated terrain and internal drainage patterns that have historically challenged agriculture and transport in this part of North Dakota.