1949 Map of Hudson

About this map

Hudson and its neighboring Minnesota settlements define the shoreline of the St Croix River at mid-century, where the river widens into Lake St Croix. The mapping captures a period when regional travel relied on the Toll Bridge connecting Wisconsin and Minnesota, and heavy rail traffic moved along the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific and Chicago and North Western lines. Away from the riverside hubs of Lakeland and North Hudson, the landscape transitions into agricultural townships like Baytown and West Lakeland.