1965 Map of Angola

About this map

The Louisiana State Penitentiary and the associated State Penal Farm dominate the lowlands of West Feliciana Parish, situated within a sharp bend of the Mississippi River. The complex at Angola is depicted in detail, showing the hospital, pumping station, and the grid of the State Penal Farm bounded by an extensive levee system. To the east, the terrain rises sharply into the loess bluffs of the Tunica Hills, where smaller communities like Tunica and Brake are found alongside numerous country churches and family burial grounds.