1965 Map of North Star

About this map

North Star and the surrounding townships of Lake Prairie, Traverse, and Oshawa define this agricultural landscape in Nicollet County during the mid-1960s. The map captures a transition in transportation, showing the Chicago and North Western railway cutting through the center of the sheet alongside an Old Railroad Grade and the historic path of the Old Fort Road. To the south, the terrain drops significantly into the deeply etched valley of Sevenmile Creek, which leads toward the Minnesota River at the border with Le Sueur County.