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1915 Map of Renault

Name: 1915 Topographic Map of Renault
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1915
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1915

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Prairie du Rocher and the low-lying bottomlands of the Mississippi River anchor this 1915 survey of the Illinois and Missouri borderlands. The landscape is defined by the sharp transition from the fertile American Bottom, protected by the river bluffs, to the rolling uplands of New Design and Prairie du Long. Numerous family-named schools like Lohrberg School and Yankeetown School reflect the dispersed agricultural community of the era, while the Ruma Convent stands as a prominent landmark on the Randolph County bluffs.

Transportation networks of the early 20th century are clearly visible, including the St. Louis Iron Mountain and Southern railroad skirting the bluffs and the Mobile and Ohio line to the east. Across the water in Missouri, the landscape rises into the hills around Bloomsdale, featuring names like Needmore and Clement. Large river islands, including Fort Chartres Island and Turkey Island, illustrate the shifting nature of the river channel before modern stabilization.