1959 Map of Viking

About this map

The agrarian landscape of Marshall and Pennington Counties is defined here by the diagonal passage of the Minneapolis St Paul and Sault Ste Marie railroad, which anchors the small village of Viking. This 1959-era topography shows a transition from the organized grid of the Red River Valley to the more varied drainage patterns of the South Branch Snake River. The map reveals the local social geography of the late 1950s, highlighting the Roosevelt Sch and a centrally located Town Hall.