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1973 Map of Newberry

Name: 1973 Topographic Map of Newberry
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

About this map

The village of Newberry serves as the focal point of this 1970s survey, illustrating a community defined by its connection to the surrounding Tahquamenon River State Forest. The map documents the residential and institutional footprint of the era, including the Newberry State Hosp complex and the Forest Home Cemetery. West of the village, the Tahquamenon River flows through the Dollarville Flooding, where the Dollarville Dam and a nearby Boat Ramp mark the transition from riverine swamp to managed water.

Loggers and industrial historians will find the Old Railroad Grade running through the northern timberlands, a silent witness to the region's earlier timber boom. The landscape is dotted with numerous Gravel Pits, pointing to local resource extraction, while smaller settlements like Dollarville and Natalie appear along the rail corridor. The southern portion of the quadrangle is largely defined by a mosaic of wetlands and small lakes, such as Kaks Lake and Maki Lake, which remain relatively inaccessible except via the local Public Access points.