1912 Map of Nord

About this map

Nord and Cana appear as vital rural hubs along the Southern Pacific RR during a period of agricultural expansion in the Sacramento Valley. This 1910 survey, published by George Otis Smith, captures the landscape before modern irrigation transformed the region. The map reveals a community structured around its educational and transport networks, with the Shasta Road and the Marysville Line cutting through large tracts of land like Bosquejo and Arroyo Chico. Local life is anchored by several country schools, including Antelope School, Rock Creek School, and Webster School, which served the scattered farmsteads near Rock Creek and Mud Creek. The presence of the Gianelli Bridge over the river bottomlands highlights the essential infrastructure required to navigate the seasonal waterways of Sharkey Bottom and Sycamore Cr at the start of the twentieth century.