1906 Map of Koshkonong

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Lake Koshkonong dominates this southern Wisconsin landscape, serving as a central hub for the surrounding glacial terrain of Jefferson and Rock counties. The Rock River winds from the northeast through Fort Atkinson, feeding the lake and defining the regional drainage pattern alongside the Bark River and Whitewater Creek. This early 20th-century survey reveals a well-established agrarian and transport network, with the Chicago and Northwestern Ry and Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul RR intersecting at the vital rail junction of Milton Junction. Smaller settlements like Busseyville, Cold Spring, and Oakland are linked by a dense grid of rural roads, including the Prairie du Chien Div. The mapping by H. M. Wilson and Robert Muldrow captures the area before modern expansion, highlighting many family-named landmarks and small water bodies like Storrs Lake and Ripley Lake.