1980 Map of Rush Lake

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The Fox River flows through the northwest corner of this Winnebago County landscape, featuring the historic Eureka Lock No 1 near the settlement of Eureka. This 1980s record documents the extensive marshy borders of Rush Lake, including Green Bay and Gleason Bay. The rural infrastructure is characterized by a high density of family and community burial grounds, such as Eureka Cem, Waukau Cem, Nepeuskun Cem, Krebs Cem, and Loper Cem, which offer significant value for genealogical research in the townships of Rush Ford and Nepeuskun. Transport patterns are defined by the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific railroad and an Old Railroad Grade winding through Waukau. The presence of the Wayside Sch and numerous gravel pits suggests a late-century rural economy transitioning toward conservation, as seen in the Waukau Creek County Nature Preserve.