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1957 Map of Onaway

Name: 1957 Topographic Map of Onaway
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1959
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1959

About this map

Onaway serves as the primary hub of this 1950s northern Michigan landscape, situated at the intersection of several local routes just south of the Onaway State Park. The region is defined by the heavy presence of the Black Lake State Forest, which blankets much of the interior. Transportation and industry are anchored by the Detroit and Mackinac railroad, which runs through the village of Millersburg and passes several gravel pits that mark the local economy.

Along the shores of Hammond Bay on Lake Huron, the map reveals the Hammond Bay Landing Field and Bell Landing. The surveyor's notes identify several social institutions that were already fading by the mid-century, such as the Grace Sch and Rowe Sch. Further south, a cluster of named water bodies like Lake Nettie and Upper Barnhart Lake indicate a lake-strewn wilderness punctuated by family-named landmarks and small country burial grounds like Allis Cem.