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1906 Map of Silver Lake

Name: 1906 Topographic Map of Silver Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1932
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1932

About this map

The Fox River and Des Plaines River systems define the glaciated landscape of southeastern Wisconsin in this 1904 revision. This territory is densely marked by glacial lakes, from the large Eagle Lake in the north to the cluster of Silver Lake, Camp Lake, and Twin Lakes near the state border. Small agricultural hubs like Union Grove, Salem, and Kansasville anchor the landscape, many of which developed along the critical corridors of the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad and the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad.

The survey captures a transition point in rural development, showing a network of towns like New Munster, Bassett, and Wilmot before the mid-century expansion of nearby urban centers. The mapping of marshlands around George Lake and Paddock Lake illustrates the natural drainage patterns that influenced the placement of early farmsteads and transport routes through the townships of Brighton and Wheatland.