
Bonne Terre and the surrounding Old Lead Belt of Missouri appear here at a peak of industrial complexity, where the Missouri Pacific railroad winds through a landscape defined by mining operations. The density of industrial infrastructure is evident in settlements like Leadwood, Rivermines, and Desloge, which are surrounded by extensive tailings ponds and mine dumps. This 1950s record provides exceptional detail for genealogists, showing dozens of family-named cemeteries and rural institutions such as Germania Sch and Hickory Grove Ch that served these labor-intensive communities.
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2 editions found
1901 · De Soto
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1904 · Farmington
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1905 · Bonneterre
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1906 · Potosi
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1906 · Farmington
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1915 · Crystal City
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1924 · Edgehill
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1926 · Edgehill
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1931 · De Soto SE
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1937 · Ironton
USGS Topo · 1:48,000