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1983 Map of Beggs

Name: 1983 Topographic Map of Beggs
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1983
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1983

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The Southern Pacific railroad corridor anchors this St. Landry Parish landscape, where small hamlets like Beggs, Garland, and Macland are distributed along the rail line and the winding course of Bayou Boeuf. This area reflects a deep integration of waterway and rail transport, where historical family and community sites like Chimleyville Cem, Whipp Cem, and St Agnes Ch are situated between the bayou's natural curves and the straightened efficiency of the Boeuf-Cocodrie Diversion Channel.

Industry and conservation define the southern half of the sheet, dominated by the expansive Thistlethwaite State Wildlife Management Area and the Washington Oil and Gas Field. The presence of the Star Dusters Landing Strip and several drill holes suggests the continued economic importance of resource extraction and local aviation in the early 1980s, even as the landscape remained primarily defined by its riparian networks like Bayou Cocodrie and Bayou Courtableau.