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1923 Map of Mount Angel

Name: 1923 Topographic Map of Mount Angel
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1943
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1943

About this map

Silverton and the surrounding Willamette Valley landscape appear here during a period of significant agricultural and institutional development. The map prominently features the Benedictine community at St Benedict overlooking Mount Angel, alongside an extensive network of rural schoolhouses such as Arbor Grove School and Hazel Dell Sch that served the region's farming families. The lower portion of the sheet reveals the site of the US Indian School Chemawa, an important and somber landmark in the state's educational history.

Transportation corridors of the Southern Pacific and Oregon Electric railroads parallel the Pacific Highway, facilitating the growth of timber and agricultural hubs like Woodburn and Gervais. The winding Pudding River and the reclaimed marshlands of Lake Labish define the drainage of the area, while smaller settlements like St Paul and Donald mark the early twentieth-century transition from frontier outposts to established townships.