1930 Map of Three Oaks

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Lake Michigan dominates the western edge of this Berrien County landscape, where massive coastal formations like Great Warren Dune and Pikes Pk rise above the shoreline. Inland, a dense network of country schools, including Hathaway Sch and Landon Sch, anchors a farming region organized into townships like Chikaming and Weesaw. The Pere Marquette railroad runs parallel to the coast, connecting settlements from Bridgman and Sawyer down to the rail hub at New Buffalo. This 1920s topography captures the area before modern development, revealing a landscape of small-scale agriculture drained by the Galien River and its branches. Local landmarks such as Forest Lawn Cemetery and the River Church provide essential reference points for those tracing the social geography of the early twentieth century.