1949 Map of Hudson

Away from the water, the terrain reveals a dense network of early mid-century rural institutions, including family-named schools like Ellmann Sch and Eastwood Sch, and landmarks such as Bissells Mounds. This map documents a period before major suburbanization, when the river valley was a collection of distinct villages like St Croix Beach and St Marys Point, and the uplands were characterized by small churches and cemeteries like Mound Prairie Cem and Rentz Ch.