1955 Map of Green Bay

About this map

Rib Mountain and the Mosinee Hill anchor the high ground above the Wisconsin River corridor, where industrial centers like Wausau, Stevens Point, and Wisconsin Rapids established early dominance. To the east, the landscape transitions into the vast waters of Lake Winnebago and the lower Fox River valley, a dense industrial and urban belt including Appleton, Oshkosh, and the port of Green Bay. Large tracts of land are preserved within the Menominee Indian Reservation, which follows the course of the Wolf River, alongside the Stockbridge Indian Reservation and Oneida Indian Reservation. The map captures a complex hydrological network of reservoirs and natural lakes, from the Big Eau Pleine Reservoir in the northwest to Petenwell Lake in the south. This mid-century survey documents the established rail lines of the Soo Line and Chicago and North Western that facilitated the region's timber and manufacturing growth.