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1918 Map of White Rock

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

USGS Topo · Published 1918

About this map

Lake Traverse and the Bois de Sioux River anchor this 1915 survey of the tri-state border region where South Dakota, North Dakota, and Minnesota converge. The landscape is a testament to the early 20th-century agrarian settlement, marked by an exceptionally dense grid of rural schools like the Teare School, Knutson School, and Moreland School. These one-room schoolhouses served the families farming the expansive flats between the Big Slough and the Mustinka River.

Railroad connectivity was vital to these prairie outposts, with lines such as the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul and the Minneapolis St Paul and Sault Ste Marie cutting through the terrain to reach hubs like White Rock and Rosholt. The map also delineates the Sisseton and Wahpeton Indian Reservation, providing a precise look at land divisions and the Reservation Bridge during this era of development.