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1965 Map of Buena Vista

Name: 1965 Topographic Map of Buena Vista
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

Buena Vista serves as the industrial and educational anchor of this 1960s landscape, situated along the Maury River at the foot of the Blue Ridge. The city is detailed with its civic infrastructure, including the Southern Seminary Jr College, McCluer High Sch, and the Norfolk and Western and Chesapeake and Ohio railroad lines that once powered its economy. Beyond the city limits, the terrain rises sharply into the George Washington National Forest, where the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Appalachian Trail wind through mountain gaps and overlooks.

Rural life persists in small communities like Beverlytown and Oronoco, the latter featuring its own Oronoco Ch and Oronoco Cem. The map documents early water management and industrial remains, from the Lynchburg Reservoir on the Pedlar River to a noted Mine and Keys Mill Dam. This topographic study effectively captures the transition from a developed river-valley town to the wilder ridges of Bluff Mtn and Big Piney Mtn.