1956 Map of La Crescent

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Mississippi River backwaters and the high bluffs of the Driftless Area define this mid-1950s survey of the border region between Minnesota and Wisconsin. The river's complex geography is represented through numerous side channels like Hammond Chute and Dresbach Slough, which weave through the Upper Mississippi River Wildlife and Fish Refuge. On the Minnesota side, a network of steep valleys and ridges hosts a rural landscape of neighborhood schools such as Whitlock Sch and Pleasant View Sch.