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1959 Map of Hickson

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of Hickson
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1963
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1963

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The Red River of the North forms a serpentine border between North Dakota and Minnesota in this 1959 study, its tight meanders carving through a landscape defined by the townships of Stanley, Kurtz, Pleasant, and Holy Cross. Parallel to the river, the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific railroad anchors the agricultural settlements of Wild Rice and Hickson, while the Wild Rice River winds through the western half of the quadrangle.

This era shows a community rooted in its local institutions, from the St Benedict church and settlement to the scattered rural burial grounds like North Pleasant Cem and Clara Cem. The appearance of a Radio Station (KXGO) near the Lower Wild Rice and Red River Cem signals mid-century modernization within an otherwise traditional prairie landscape. Genealogists will find the specific placement of Comstock and Hoff Cem particularly useful for tracing early Red River Valley families.