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1918 Map of Ulen

Name: 1918 Topographic Map of Ulen
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1943
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1943

About this map

The agricultural lands of the Red River Valley are defined by a complex drainage network in this 1918 military compilation. The landscape is dominated by the South Br. Wild Rice River and the expansive Wild Rice water system, which are augmented by an extensive system of artificial waterways including the State Ditch, Ditch No.14, and Ditch No.19. These ditches represent a significant era of land reclamation in Norman and Clay Counties, transforming the prairie into productive farmland.

Settlement is concentrated along the Northern Pacific railroad line, which anchors the towns of Ulen and Syre. The map serves as a detailed record of rural infrastructure, noting dozens of nameless School houses and small cemeteries scattered throughout townships like Hagen, Flowing, and Keene. The southern portion of the sheet opens into Goose Prairie, while survey markers like Keene U.S.C.&G.S. and the 6th Guide Meridian provide precise spatial orientation for the region's early twentieth-century development.