{"product_id":"old-map-of-new-glarus-wisconsin-by-usgs-1962-sugar-river-mount-horeb","title":"Old Map of New Glarus, Wisconsin by USGS, 1962 – Sugar River \u0026 Mount Horeb","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1964 from survey work completed in 1962, the US Geological Survey’s “New Glarus Quadrangle” presents a meticulous mid-century portrait of south-central Wisconsin at the intimate 1:24,000 scale. Centered on New Glarus, the celebrated Swiss-American village of Green County, the map captures a landscape where settlement, agriculture, roads, streams, and wooded uplands are rendered with scientific clarity. State Highway 69 and county roads such as N and B thread through the countryside, linking farmsteads and small communities to the village core. More than a navigational document, the map preserves the region at a particular moment in the early 1960s, before later suburban expansion, recreational development, and changing land-use patterns altered the rural fabric.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe US Geological Survey brought to this quadrangle the restrained precision for which its topographic series is renowned. Contour lines, elevation marks, road classifications, blue hydrography, and green woodland tints combine to create a richly legible depiction of terrain and use. The 1:24,000 scale allows individual hills, valleys, stream courses, and road junctions to emerge with unusual specificity, making the sheet both technically valuable and visually absorbing. Unlike decorative maps intended merely to charm, this work derives its beauty from measured observation: every bend in a creek, every rise in the land, every wooded slope is part of a disciplined cartographic language developed for engineers, planners, hikers, geologists, and local residents alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew Glarus itself gives the map its cultural resonance. Founded in the nineteenth century by Swiss immigrants, the village became known as “America’s Little Switzerland,” retaining architectural, culinary, and festival traditions that distinguished it from many surrounding Wisconsin communities. On the map, that heritage is not announced through ornament, but through geography: a compact village set amid rolling farmland, linked by roads to neighboring townships and valleys. Exeter Township and New Glarus Township frame the mapped landscape, while the broader network reaching toward places such as Mount Horeb and Barneveld situates New Glarus within a regional corridor of small settlements, ridgelines, and agricultural basins shaped by both immigrant history and rural Midwestern life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe topography is one of the map’s great pleasures. The surrounding country is shown as a mixed landscape of hills, valleys, streams, and wooded patches characteristic of Wisconsin’s rugged Driftless-influenced terrain. Contour lines gather tightly along steeper slopes and spread across gentler uplands, revealing the subtle architecture of the land. The Sugar River and smaller streams appear in blue, their courses tracing low ground and drainage patterns through the countryside. Green areas mark forested or park-like land, providing contrast to the open agricultural fields implied by the map’s symbols and road grid. These details create a vivid sense of motion across the terrain, from upland ridges down into sheltered valleys and watercourses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a historical document, the “New Glarus Quadrangle” offers an evocative view of Wisconsin in the 1960s, when rural infrastructure, settlement patterns, and land management were being recorded with unprecedented consistency across the United States. Its roads, township boundaries, water features, and elevation data reveal how people moved through and made use of the land, while also preserving features that may have since shifted, disappeared, or been renamed. For collectors drawn to American regional history, Swiss-American heritage, or the quiet elegance of scientific cartography, this map is especially compelling. It captures New Glarus not as a nostalgic emblem, but as a living landscape of farms, hills, streams, highways, and enduring cultural identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCities, towns and places on this map\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew Glarus\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSugar River\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMount Horeb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBarneveld\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExeter Township\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew Glarus Township\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eState Highway 69\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCounty Highway N\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCounty Highway B\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVarious unnamed hills and valleys\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGreen areas indicating forests or parks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContours and elevation markings throughout the region\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStreams and water features depicted by blue lines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHistorical context \u0026amp; cartographic details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistorical 1:24,000 topographical map showing New Glarus, Wisconsin and the surrounding area\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreated by the US Geological Survey using survey data from 1962 and published in 1964\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduced by the US Geological Survey, known for precise and scientifically valuable topographic maps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe central focus is New Glarus, a notable Swiss-American village known for its cultural heritage and history\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFeatures distinct contour lines indicating elevation changes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUses cartographic symbols to represent roads, waterways, and land use\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIllustrates a mixed landscape of hills, valleys, and water bodies typical of Wisconsin’s Driftless Area\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReflects the geographic and cultural landscape of Wisconsin in the 1960s\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProvides insight into land use and settlement patterns that may have changed since publication\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLooking for a particular place?\u003c\/strong\u003e Review the detailed images to confirm that the town, landmark or feature you have in mind appears on the map. If you are unsure, \u003ca target=\"”_blank”\" href=\"\/es\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003eask our workshop to check before you order\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDetailed maps are especially rewarding at larger sizes, where names, boundaries and decorative features have more room to be appreciated. Use the close-up preview and size guide to choose the right scale for your wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 50in (125cm). 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Framed maps use crystal-clear optical acrylic and arrive ready to hang.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith its rich detail and strong sense of place, this map makes a considered gift for a new home, anniversary, retirement or anyone with a personal connection to the area shown. Still deciding? 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