Loading map...

1952 Map of Shullsburg

Name: 1952 Topographic Map of Shullsburg
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1954
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1954

About this map

Shullsburg serves as the industrial and social hub of this southwest Wisconsin landscape in the early 1950s, its hillsides scarred by a legacy of lead and zinc extraction. Evidence of the mining economy is visible in several Inactive Mines, a Quarry, and the significant Calumet and Hecla Mine Mine Dump. The Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific railroad cuts through the center of the quadrangle, connecting the main settlement to the community of Dunbarton and various rural outposts.

Rural life is anchored by a network of local institutions, including the Town Hall and numerous country schools such as Rowe Sch, Glenville Sch, and the already Foule Sch (Abandoned). The topography is defined by prominent rises like White Hill and Charles Mound along the Wisconsin-Illinois border, while the Apple River and Shullsburg Branch provide the primary drainage for the area's complex terrain.