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1973 Map of Pickwick

Name: 1973 Topographic Map of Pickwick
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1975
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1975

About this map

Kings Bluff and Queens Bluff tower over the Mississippi River as it passes through the Upper Mississippi River Wild Life and Fish Refuge during the mid-1970s. This survey records a landscape of dramatic topography where high ridges like Homer Ridge and Husman Ridge are bisected by deep valleys, including Miller Valley and the basin of Trout Creek. The settlement at Pickwick sits at the northwestern edge of this terrain, while Nodine and New Hartford occupy higher ground to the south.

Transport corridors are well-defined, with the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific railroad tracking the riverbank near Richmond Island. Inland, the path of Interstate 90 cuts across the upland plateaus. Local history is preserved in the location of the Lutheran Ch and Hiler Cem, providing a detailed look at the social and physical infrastructure of Winona County before later 20th-century developments.