1918 Map of Lowell

About this map

The Grand River and Flat River converge at the settlement of Lowell, serving as the geographical anchor for this rural West Michigan landscape. Surveyed in 1916, the area is defined by a dense network of one-room schoolhouses, such as the Little Brick School, McPherson School, and Yerkes School, which illustrate the distributed nature of early twentieth-century rural education. Moving south from the larger river valley, the terrain becomes pocketed with glacial lakes including Pratt Lake, Camp Lake, and Middle Lake.