1959 Map of Hartford East

About this map

The village of Slinger serves as a central hub in this late 1950s landscape, where the Chicago Milwaukee ST Paul And Pacific and Chicago And North Western railroads intersect. This junction anchored the local economy, facilitating the movement of goods between the rural townships of Hartford, Polk, and Richfield. The terrain is defined by a dense concentration of gravel pits and a series of glacial lakes, most notably the large Pike Lake and the southern tip of Cedar Lake.