1956 Map of Mesick

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The Manistee River winds through the heart of this mid-1950s Wexford County landscape, passing under Harvey Bridge and Baxter Bridge as it flows toward the Hodenpyl Dam Pond. This era shows a rural Michigan interior defined by small timber and rail settlements, many of which were already seeing shifts in their landscape. The Ann Arbor RR corridor serves as a primary axis for towns like Mesick, Harrietta, and Boon, while the surrounding forest land is managed under the Fife Lake State Forest and Manistee National Forest.