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1962 Map of Buena Vista

Name: 1962 Topographic Map of Buena Vista
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

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The extraction of energy resources dominates the southern landscape of this 1962 survey, where the Gum Creek Oil and Gas Field, Wesgum Oil and Gas Field, and Pace City Oil and Gas Field mark the heavy industrial presence near the border of Ouachita and Union Counties. This industrial network is centered around the settlement of Pace City, while further north, the community of Buena Vista sits along the Southwestern St Louis railroad line.

A network of rural family landmarks and places of worship is scattered throughout the drainages of Holcomb Creek and Mill Creek. Genealogists and local historians will find numerous burial sites including Pleasant Ridge Cem, Whitefield Cem, and Smith Cem, alongside local congregations at New Bethel Ch and Sulphur Springs Ch. The terrain is characterized by its numerous small waterways, including Smackover Cr and Jerdon Creek, which feed into the wider basin of the Arkansas lowlands.