1960 Map of Bussey

About this map

Kansas City Southern tracks slice diagonally through this section of the Arkansas-Louisiana borderlands, anchoring a landscape defined by timber, agriculture, and petroleum extraction. Small rural hubs like Bussey and Sharman are centers for local life, supported by a network of country churches including Friendship Ch, Beacon Ch, and Sharman Ch. Educational history is grounded at the Woodard Sch, while the region's industrial character is marked by the Patton Oil Field and the Dorcheat Macedonia Oil Field. The terrain is drained by several meandering waterways, most notably Bayou Dorcheat and Mill Creek, which flow through the heavily wooded townships of Georgia and Buena Vista. This survey provides a precise look at the transition between the rolling uplands of Mars Hill and the bottomlands of the various creek systems at the start of the 1960s.