Loading map...

1972 Map of Winona West

Name: 1972 Topographic Map of Winona West
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1986
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1986

About this map

The Mississippi River corridor dominates this 1970s landscape, where the intricate channels of the Upper Mississippi River Wild Life and Fish Refuge weave through a network of islands and sloughs. The city of Winona serves as a dense educational and industrial hub, anchored by Winona State College, the College of St Teresa, and St Marys College. This map captures the city just before significant modern expansion, showing the proximity of the residential grid to the natural barriers of Lake Winona and the rising bluffs of the Minnesota Memorial Hardwood State Forest.

Transport and topography dictate the settlement patterns seen here. The Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific railroad tracks parallel the river, passing through Goodview toward the regional aviation center at Winona Muni Airport (Max Conrad Field). To the south, the terrain shifts abruptly from the river valley to the steep elevations of Stockton Hill and the iconic Sugarloaf landmark, illustrating the dramatic driftless area geography that constrained the town's growth.