1947 Map of Millston

About this map

Camp McCoy Military Reservation dominates the southwestern quadrant of this landscape, its structured grid of barracks and training grounds at Camp McCoy providing a stark contrast to the surrounding marshlands and glacial topography. This mid-century environment is defined by extensive cranberry bogs and flowages, such as the Skunkhill Flowage and Pigeon Creek Flowage, which supported the local agricultural economy. The transportation network is anchored by the St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha and Chicago and North Western railroads, which facilitated the movement of goods through small whistle-stops like Millston and Warrens. The map details a rural social fabric of the late 1940s, marked by numerous small schoolhouses like Drescher Sch and Paradise Sch, as well as the St Marys Ch in the village of Tunnel City. Scattered fire towers, including Oak Ridge Fire Tower and Knapp Mound Fire Tower, overlook a terrain shaped by the La Crosse River and its many winding tributaries.