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1957 Map of Hastings

Name: 1957 Topographic Map of Hastings
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1959
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1959

About this map

Hastings serves as the focal point for this mid-century look at the confluence of the Mississippi River and Vermillion River. The landscape reflects a mix of heavy infrastructure and rural institutional history, featuring the expansive State Hospital and Mineral Springs Sanatorium south of the city center. This era captures the dense network of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific RR and the Chicago Great Western as they moved freight through the river valleys.

Further south, the Cannon River flows through Cannon Falls, where the Byllesby Reservoir is bounded by Lakeside Cem. Small farming communities such as New Trier, Miesville, and Hampton dot the townships of Douglas and Hampton. The map provides detailed locations of numerous Gravel Pits and local landmarks like Bellwood Cem and Lake Isabell, recording the rural development of Dakota and Goodhue counties before modern suburban expansion.