
The Tensaw River delta and the upper reaches of Mobile Bay define this landscape just before the mid-century. This 1939 survey captures a critical transition point where the Old Spanish Trail and the Cochrane Bridge provide a thin terrestrial link across a labyrinth of water including Chacaloochee Bay and Apalachee River. On the eastern bluffs, the historical footprint of the area is evident through Civil War Trenches and Kings Battery, marking the strategic significance of the high ground overlooking Blakeley Island.
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1921 · Fairhope
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1922 · Mobile
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1939 · Daphne
USGS Topo · 1:31,680
1940 · Silverhill
USGS Topo · 1:31,680
1940 · Hollingers Island
USGS Topo · 1:31,680
1940 · Mobile
USGS Topo · 1:31,680
1940 · Mobile
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1941 · Chickasaw
USGS Topo · 1:31,680
1941 · Daphne
USGS Topo · 1:31,680
1941 · Silverhill
USGS Topo · 1:31,680