Survey of the Mississippi River, Chart 173

Lithographer

Julius Bien and Company

Date

• 1897

Publisher

St. Louis, Missouri: Mississippi River Commission

Summary

• Projected from a trigonometrical survey made in 1894
• Relief shown by hachures, spot heights, and contours
• Depths shown by soundings
• Army Corps of Engineers assisted with map creation
• Includes a list of "Authorities," "Note," and "Index chart"
• Shows railroads, dikes, United States lights, bridges, river depths, diamond boards, vegetation types, street names, lumber yards, sawmills, Onalaska, Wis. Midway, Dresbach, Minn, Dakota, Minn., North La Crosse, Black River, French Island, Rice Lake, Dresbach Island, Riverside Farm, Dresbach Slough, Gun Slough, Rice Lake, Round Lake, French Slough, La Crosse River, Onalaska [Bluff], Dakota [Bluff], Dresbach [Bluff].
• Includes some property owners names
• Scale 1:20,000