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1949 Map of Meteor

Name: 1949 Topographic Map of Meteor
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1949
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1949

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Chetac Lake and the Edgewater settlement dominate the northwestern corner of this Rusk and Sawyer County landscape, where the northern woods meet an emerging network of rural school districts and small hamlets. The mid-century era is defined by the transition from heavy timber extraction to a more settled rural economy, evidenced by the numerous small educational houses such as Wooddale Sch, Valley View Sch, and Lone Elm Sch that served remote farmstead families.

Transport history is etched into the terrain with the presence of an Old RR Grade and the North Western line, illustrating the rail-dependent development of the region. Water remains the primary geographical driver, from the Murphy Dam Flowage and Deer Lake in the central corridor to the Big Weirgor Creek drainage system. These waterways and the scattered Lookout stations reflect a landscape managed for both timber protection and early recreation, as seen at Blue Hills Cp.