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1941 Map of Kennedy

Name: 1941 Topographic Map of Kennedy
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1968
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1968

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Butternut Lake and the dense woodlands of the Chequamegon National Forest dominate this landscape during the early 1940s. The settlement of Kennedy serves as a central point along the Chicago and Northwestern railroad line, which cuts through the timber-rich terrain of Price, Sawyer, and Ashland counties. Further south, the community of Lugerville sits near the banks of the Flambeau River, anchored by the Lugerville Fire Tower and the Old Mill Dam.

The presence of numerous rural schoolhouses, including Butternut Sch and Poplar Hill Sch, reveals the distributed nature of local homesteads. Hydroelectric and logging history is evident at Crowley Dam and Pixley Dam along the river's path. Water is a defining element here, with dozens of named basins like Schnur Lake, Mud Lake, and Bass Lake dotting the glacial landscape, many of which supported the region's early 20th-century development.