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1932 Map of Mondovi

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

USGS Topo · Published 1932

About this map

The Buffalo River meanders through the heart of this West-Central Wisconsin landscape, where the 1930s rural economy is defined by a dense network of one-room schoolhouses and small agricultural valley settlements. In the city of Mondovi, the convergence of State Highway No 34 and the Chicago and Northwestern railroad line centers the community around Mirror Lake. The surrounding townships, including Drammen and Naples, are characterized by a transition from high plateau farmlands to deeply incised valleys like German Valley and Armour Valley.

Education was localized in this era, as evidenced by the high density of named schools such as Little Red Sch, White Block Sch, and White Block Sch serving families in distant corners of the county. Notable infrastructure of the period includes the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Pacific railroad cutting through the northern reaches near Caryville and Rock Falls, facilitating the movement of goods from these river-valley farms to larger markets.