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1943 Map of Pitcher

Name: 1943 Topographic Map of Pitcher
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1970
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1970

About this map

The Otselic River valley defines the northwestern landscape of this region, where the small hamlets of North Pitcher and Pitcher served as early centers of commerce and community. This mid-century military edition, later released for civil use, reveals a dense network of upland roads connecting numerous family-named landmarks and essential rural institutions. Local history is deeply etched into the terrain through a series of namesake burial grounds, including Pink Cem, Hinman Cem, and Soper Cem.

Education in these hills was decentralized, evidenced by the scattered numbering of one-room schoolhouses like School No 6 and School No 1. To the east, the settlement of Pharsalia sits near the headwaters of Brakel Creek, while the southern reaches are dominated by the waters of Genegantslet Lake. The prevalence of paths like Strongs Path and Rabbit Brook Path suggests a landscape still closely tied to timbering or agricultural transit at the time of the survey.