1965 Map of Scottland

About this map

The Indian Treaty Boundary cuts diagonally through the northeast corner of this landscape, marking a legacy of early surveying and land division at the Illinois-Indiana border. The rail-and-agriculture economy of the mid-1960s is centered on the Baltimore and Ohio and the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific railroads, which served small prairie settlements like Scottland (Scotland Sta), Raven, and West Dana. To the south, the terrain breaks from the flat Prairie into the wooded drainages of Brouilletts Creek and its many tributaries, including Crabapple Creek and Lick Run. Family and community history is preserved in a high density of rural cemeteries, such as Mt Carmel Cem and Newcomb Cem, along with local landmarks like Wesley Chapel and Roadside Park.