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1915 Map of Siam

Name: 1915 Topographic Map of Siam
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1936
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1936

About this map

Siam and Attica serve as central hubs in this early twentieth-century depiction of the agricultural borderland between Seneca and Huron counties. The landscape is defined by an intricate network of drainage ditches, such as Royer Ditch and Armstrong and Beighley Ditch, which converted the naturally wet terrain into productive farmland. This drainage effort is punctuated by the remnants of the West Boundary Connecticut Reserve, a significant historical survey line that influences the local road grid and township divisions.

Rural life is meticulously documented through a dense distribution of district schoolhouses, including the uniquely named Podunk School and Bollenbacher School. Transportation is anchored by the Baltimore and Ohio and Pennsylvania railroads, which facilitated the movement of goods from stops like Scipio Siding. Small communities such as West Lodi, Bismarck, and Fireside appear as they were before modern road consolidation, connected by historic thoroughfares like the Columbus and Sandusky Road.