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1919 Map of Quiring

Name: 1919 Topographic Map of Quiring
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1919
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1919

About this map

Lower Red Lake anchors the western edge of this landscape, where the Red Lake Reservation Boundary meets the timbered stretches of Beltrami County. This 1919 progressive military map captures a period of active land management and nascent settlement, defined by an intricate network of drainage channels like Main Jud. Ditch No. 31 and Ditch No. 3. Small rural communities including Saum, Quiring, and Langor appear as established nodes along a developing road system that includes the Old Indian Road and the State Rural Highway 32.

Rivers and creeks, such as the Cormorant River and O'Brien Creek, cut through areas marked by significant timber limits. The map reveals the early infrastructure of these townships, from the Fork Church near Saum to several isolated schoolhouses and the settlement at Inez. It reflects an era of conversion, as the natural hydrology of the Battle River basin was being modified for agricultural or timber accessibility during the early twentieth century.