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1906 Map of Bayou Sara

Name: 1906 Topographic Map of Bayou Sara
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1943
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1943

About this map

The Louisiana Mississippi Boundary Line defines the northern edge of this terrain, where the Mississippi River meanders past St. Francisville and the bluff lands of West Feliciana. Surveyed just after the turn of the century, the map reveals a landscape governed by water and steam, with the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad and the Woodville Branch connecting interior settlements like Wilson and Ethel to the river trade. Across the water, the Texas and Pacific Railroad serves New Roads and the alluvial plains of Pointe Coupee.

Interpretive detail is found in the scattered rural post offices and small stations like Gayden Sta (Gurley P.O.) and Mc Manus, which suggest the localized cotton and timber economies of the era. Landmarks such as the Indian Mound and the elevation at Balls Bluff provide specific points of reference for genealogists tracing family landholdings in the varied topography between the Amite River and the Mississippi.