1965 Map of Knoxville NW

About this map

The Des Moines River valley dominates this mid-1960s landscape, illustrating a river system undergoing significant hydrological change. The presence of Lake Red Rock and the notation for a Normal Pool Elevation 725 reflect the area's transition into a major flood control and recreation reservoir. This engineering shift overlies an older rural infrastructure, evidenced by an Old Railroad Grade tracing the northern banks and numerous family-named burial grounds like Hughes Cem and Burch Cem.