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1921 Map of Rives Junction

Name: 1921 Topographic Map of Rives Junction
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1948
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1948

About this map

The Grand River and Portage River snake through a landscape defined by small farming hamlets and a dense network of country schools during the early 1920s. Centered on Rives Junction, the map shows a rural economy supported by the Michigan Central railroad and numerous smaller settlements like Leslie, Fitchburg, and Munith. Local life is anchored by institutions such as the Bunker Hill Chapel, Zion Church, and the County Infirmary south of Sandstone Creek.

An extensive system of named schools, including Sanders School, Housel School, and Bachelor School, provides a rare look at the distribution of education across the townships of Leslie, Bunker Hill, and Henrietta. This area features a high concentration of water bodies such as Pleasant Lake, Gillett Lake, and Battee Lake, alongside engineered features like the Puddleford Bridge and the Western Drain, illustrating how the early 20th-century population managed the local wetlands.