Early Map

This portion of an 1872 map of Menasha, besides highlighting the location of the Wisconsin Central Railroad shops, shows some oddities, to include the first passenger (non-railroad) bridge spanning Little Lake Butte des Morts and the "fanciful" (for lack of a better term) Lake Street which never really existed.  With the map having been published by H.B. Stranahan of Philadelphia, one might be a little forgiving, especially if there had been a plan for such a street at some point.  But I have yet to find any reference. 

We first encountered the mysterious Lake Street in the blog last April when we discussed plans as early as 1856 to rename LLBDM as Peepeek Lake: http://menashabook.blogspot.com/2014/04/peepeek-lake.html