1973 Map of Grygla

About this map

Grygla sits at the intersection of rural Marshall and Beltrami counties, serving as a hub for the surrounding agricultural and wetland landscape of northern Minnesota in the early 1970s. The village is surrounded by the vast Grygla State Wildlife Management Area and bordered to the north by the Red Lake Indian Reservation. This orthophotomap emphasizes the managed hydrology of the region, where the Mud River is supplemented by extensive drainage systems like Judicial Ditch 11. Scattered throughout the township sections of Espelie and Enilli are the small centers of community life, including the St Olaf Ch and Bethesda Ch. These church sites, along with their associated grounds at St Olaf Cem, Bethesda Cem, and Valley Cem, provide essential landmarks for genealogists tracing family roots in this corner of the state.