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1906 Map of New Haven

Name: 1906 Topographic Map of New Haven
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1906
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1906

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The Little Wabash River meanders toward its confluence with the Wabash River in this 1906 survey of the Illinois and Indiana borderlands. The settlement of New Haven occupies a strategic bend in the river, surrounded by a complex network of wetlands including Goosepond Swamp, Fishpond Swamp, and Yellowbank Slough. This landscape reveals the intricate hydrologic patterns of the era, where the river's path is defined by features like Winners Bend and the Little Chain Cutoff.

Away from the riverbanks, the terrain rises into the Dogtown Hills and Heralds Prairie, where early 20th-century life centered around small post offices and communities such as Concord Emma P O, Cottonwood, and Herald. Cross-river commerce is marked by the locations of Dogtown Ferry and Mackeys Ferry, which served as vital links between the tri-state region of Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky before modern bridge infrastructure dominated the Ohio River valley.