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1915 Map of Vergas

Name: 1915 Topographic Map of Vergas
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1915
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1915

About this map

Glacial lakes and small-scale industry define this corner of the Minnesota lakelands in the early twentieth century. The Minneapolis St Paul and Sault Ste Marie railroad cuts across the northeastern townships, serving the area near Long Lake. This region was in the midst of a transition from timber and pioneer milling to a budding recreation economy, evidenced by the presence of Pelican Inn and Websters Inn alongside established industrial sites like Fricke Mill.

A dense network of numbered schoolhouses, such as Jacobs School, serves the rural townships of Candor, Lida, and Dora. Large water bodies like Lake Lida and Star Lake dominate the geography, while smaller landmarks like the Patterson Bridge provide specific points of reference for local historians. The map records the early twentieth-century landscape just as the first lakeside resorts began to appear among the traditional farming and milling communities.