1972 Map of Blytheville

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Blytheville Air Force Base dominates the northern landscape of this 1970s survey, showing its extensive runway and Firing Range adjacent to the growing community of Gosnell. The map illustrates a highly managed hydrological environment, where Pemiscot Bayou is crisscrossed by an intricate network of engineered drainage, including Ditch No 29 and Ditch No 33. These channels reflect the region's intensive agricultural history, carved into the alluvial landscape of the Mississippi Delta near the Missouri border.