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1958 Map of Marlow

Name: 1958 Topographic Map of Marlow
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1959
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1959

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The Sisseton Indian Reservation Boundary cuts across this prairie landscape, marking a significant jurisdictional line through the borderlands of North Dakota and South Dakota. In the northern reaches, the Tewaukon National Wildlife Refuge encompasses a series of water bodies including Clouds Lake, White Lake, and Quandt Slough, illustrating the importance of these wetlands for regional conservation during the late 1950s.

Rural life is anchored by small, isolated landmarks such as Marlow, which appears alongside several instances of School No 1 and the Emmanuel Ch. The terrain transitions from the low-lying refuge areas to the more dissected drainage of La Belle Creek in the south. Scattered Gravel Pits suggest local extractive activity, while the section lines and unimproved roads define the agrarian grid that persists across the Sargent and Marshall county lines.