1967 Map of La Salle

About this map

Lake Hanska dominates the northern landscape of this Watonwan County region, where a prominent spillway regulates the water levels near Fort Hill. The terrain is defined by a dense network of drainage and transport, with the Watonwan River meandering eastward across the center of the sheet. The small settlement of La Salle serves as a local hub, situated at the junction of the Chicago and North Western railway and regional roads. Further south, the map reveals the smaller community of Grogan and the Rosendale Ch, illustrating the distributed rural nature of the late 1960s. The landscape is dotted with numerous Gravel Pits, signaling the local importance of aggregate mining. Water features like Butterfield Creek and the curiously named One Hundred Acre Slough highlight the low-lying prairie hydrology that precedes the modern agricultural drainage patterns of the area.