1968 Map of Big Bend

About this map

Bland serves as the focal point of this highland survey, where the valley floors are dotted with rural congregations such as Trinity Ch and Green Hill Ch. The landscape is dominated by the parallel ridges of Brushy Mountain and Little Walker Mountain, partitioned by the Bland Co and Wythe Co boundary line. In the southern portion of the sheet, the Appalachian Trail snakes across the high ground near a prominent Lookout Tower and the Big Bend topographic feature. The settlement pattern follows the drainage of Walker Creek and Wolf Creek, showing a transition in the late 1960s and 1970s as modern infrastructure like a Landing Strip and Radio Facility appear alongside traditional sites like the Original Stony Fork Ch.