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1960 Map of Silver Lake

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of Silver Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1980
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1980

About this map

The Fox River and Des Plaines River define this southeastern Wisconsin landscape, which was undergoing a significant transition in the early 1960s. The map clearly delineates the extensive footprint of the Richard Bong Air Force Base (Abandoned), a site that was famously halted mid-construction. This massive federal interruption sits between agricultural townships like Brighton and Paris, contrasting with the established character of villages like Union Grove and Kansasville.

Community life centers on a dense network of local institutions, from the Southern Wisconsin Colony and Training Sch to numerous rural schoolhouses such as Sunnyside Sch and Pleasant Lawn Sch. To the south, a chain of glacial lakes including Silver Lake, Camp Lake, and Paddock Lake shows the burgeoning development of resort and residential communities like Salem Oaks and Cedar Park, supported by the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific railroad line.