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1964 Map of Plummer NW

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Plummer NW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

About this map

The Red Lake River meanders deeply across this northwestern Minnesota landscape, forming the boundary between Pennington and Red Lake counties. This 1960s survey, with later revisions, shows an intensive water management system marked by numerous channels such as Judicial Ditch No 15 and County Ditch No 12, illustrating the conversion of river bottomlands into productive territory. The Great Northern railroad cuts a straight north-south path through the township of River Falls, connecting the rural interior to broader markets.

Evidence of early community life is found in several townhalls and the presence of St Josephs Cem and Oak Grove Cem. In the southern portion of the map, the confluence of the Red Lake River and the Clearwater River provides a focal point near the Red Lake Falls Municipal Airport. The landscape is further characterized by the Black River and Browns Creek, alongside localized extractive industries like the gravel pits found in the township of Gervais.