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1932 Map of Marshall

Name: 1932 Topographic Map of Marshall
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1957
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1957

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The Marshall municipal hub and the Wabash River valley define this Illinois-Indiana borderland, where the Pennsylvania railroad line cuts through the prairie toward Farrington. This 1932 survey captures a landscape densely populated with rural institutions, including dozens of country schools like Rabbit Ridge Sch, Sassafras Sch, and Mozart Sch. Along the river, riverine crossings such as Bohn Ferry and Waters Ford reveal how locals negotiated the waterway before modern bridge infrastructure dominated the region.

Genealogists can trace family footprints across numerous burial grounds including Forsythe Cem and Ziegler Cem, or locate spiritual centers like Zion Ch and King Chapel. The transition from river-bottom settlements at Darwin to the elevated township center at Marshall illustrates the early twentieth-century reliance on both the river and the rail for commerce. Unique technological markers of the era, such as the Airway Beacon near Livingston, highlight the early development of aviation navigation across the Midwest.