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1947 Map of Bannister

Name: 1947 Topographic Map of Bannister
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1947
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1947

About this map

Bannister and the surrounding piney woods of Beauregard Parish are defined here by a network of defunct timber transit routes and rural community hubs. The landscape is crisscrossed by several segments of the Old Logging Railroad Grade and the Southern Pacific Grade, illustrating the era's heavy reliance on rail for the local lumber industry. These corridors weave through a terrain dominated by watercourses like Barnes Creek and the winding Crooked Creek.

Genealogists and local historians will find significant markers of early settlement, including the Broadland Ch and the Barrantine Cem. Small named locales such as Tulla, Sweetville, and Insco appear alongside U S Highway No 171, showing the transition from rail to highway-oriented settlement patterns. The presence of Camp Delta and various small structures scattered along the creek branches offers a clear view of the rural habitation density before mid-century modernization.