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1974 Map of La Porte East

Name: 1974 Topographic Map of La Porte East
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1991
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1991

About this map

La Porte serves as a dense municipal hub in this mid-1970s survey, surrounded by a landscape defined by glacial lakes and a complex web of historic rail lines. The northern section of the city is characterized by water bodies such as Clear Lake, Lily Lake, and Stone Lake, while the urban core contains essential civic landmarks including the Courthouse, Post Office, and several parochial institutions like St John Sch and Ch. The geographic shift from the urban center to the rural townships is marked by industrial and agricultural drainage systems like Travis Ditch and Breckenridge Ditch.

In the southern reaches, the Kingsbury State Fish and Wildlife Area occupies a significant portion of Washington township, near the settlement of Kingsbury. This area's transition into the Kankakee region is highlighted by the meandering path of the Little Kankakee River and a dense concentration of major railroads, including the Chesapeake and Ohio and the Baltimore and Ohio, which historically connected this corner of Indiana to the broader Great Lakes industrial corridor.