1890 Map of Stoughton

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Yahara River meanders south from Lake Kegonsa toward the village of Stoughton, anchoring a landscape defined by its glacial hydrology and early industrial mill sites. This late 19th-century survey captures the region's development during the height of the tobacco-growing era, showing the established rail corridor of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railroad connecting Dunkirk and Edgerton. To the west, the village of Cooksville sits along Waukoma Creek, while the southeastern corner is dominated by the sprawling shoreline of Lake Koshkonong. Smaller settlements like Stebbinsville and Fulton mark where local power was harnessed at river bends, and the rural landscape is divided into the geometric townships of Pleasant Spring, Christiana, and Albion. The presence of numerous small lakes like Rice Lake and Sweet Lake illustrates the characteristic kettles and basins left behind in the wake of the ice age.