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1935 Map of Alto

Name: 1935 Topographic Map of Alto
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1936
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1936

About this map

The Boeuf River meanders through the heart of this North Louisiana landscape, where the agricultural traditions of Richland Parish met the emerging energy infrastructure of the mid-1930s. Centered on the town of Alto, the map documents a transition in regional industry, featuring the Century Carbon Company and the International Gas Products Company Inc near Archibald. This era saw a complex network of pipelines, such as the Interstate Natural Gas Company lines, cutting across established plantation and timber grounds.

Transportation patterns are captured at a point of change, with the Missouri Pacific Railroad serving the parish seat of Rayville while several former logging lines, including the Arkansas Railroad (Abandoned), are marked as inactive. For local historians, the inclusion of river crossings like Hatches Ferry and Douciere Ferry, alongside numerous boat landings like Thomason LDG, provides a record of river-based commerce before modern bridges fully replaced these traditional links.