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1957 Map of Scotland

Name: 1957 Topographic Map of Scotland
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1959
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1959

About this map

The town of Scotland serves as a local hub for this prairie landscape, where the C M St P & P railroad connects the settlement to the wider region. In the late 1950s, the community footprint included a Fairground, a local Swimming Pool, and essential civic services like the City Hall and P O. Outside the main town, the landscape is defined by the winding course of the James River and its tributaries, including Lonetree Creek and Dawson Creek.

A network of country schools, including Mann Sch, Lakeview Sch, Schatz Sch, and Gunn Sch, illustrates the rural distribution of the population across the border of Hutchinson and Bon Homme counties. To the north, Olivet sits near the river, while Maxwell Colony and Rose Hill Cem provide markers of the area's social and ancestral history. The presence of numerous Gravel Pits along the riverbanks suggests the local importance of aggregate extraction for road building and development during this period.