1904 Map of Wahpeton

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Red River of the North serves as the focal point for this early 20th-century borderlands survey, marking the serpentine boundary between North Dakota and Minnesota. At the center of the region's rail-driven economy are the twin settlements of Wahpeton and Breckenridge, where the Otter Tail River converges with the Red River. This period of rapid agricultural expansion is evidenced by the dense grid of townships and the convergence of five major rail lines, including the Great Northern and the Northern Pacific, which connected emerging grain-elevator towns like Hankinson, Abercrombie, and Fairmount to larger markets.