1955 Map of Montezuma

About this map

The Wabash River and Sugar Creek converge in this mid-century portrait of Parke County, where the landscape is defined by the heavy infrastructure of early Indiana commerce. The Abandoned Canal and the Old Indian Treaty Boundary serve as physical reminders of 19th-century expansion, cutting through a terrain now marked by active strip mines, gravel pits, and industrial kilns near Bloomingdale. This survey captures a specific industrial moment, showing the Baltimore and Ohio railroad corridor linking the riverfront at Montezuma to inland agricultural and mining sites.