1964 Map of Hankinson SE

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Brandenburg and Waldo townships anchor this 1964 survey of Richland County, where the agricultural grid is interrupted by the winding depression of Devils Nest. The landscape is defined by the infrastructure of the mid-20th century, notably the Soo Line tracks cutting across the plains, while an Old Railroad Grade hints at an earlier era of rail expansion and contraction in the Dakotas. Educational hubs for the surrounding farmsteads are marked by School No 1 and School No 2, serving the rural populations of Devillo and Summit. Field lines and fences, meticulously captured through photogrammetric methods, trace the property boundaries across Greendale and La Mars, providing a clear view of the land use patterns that dominated this corner of the Missouri River Basin during the early 1960s.