
Dogtooth Bend defines this portion of the Mississippi River where the border between Illinois and Missouri follows the shifting main channel. The landscape is a complex network of chutes and backwaters, including Newcums Chute and Lake Milligan, which isolate large landmasses such as Thompson Towhead and Missouri Sister Island. These river dynamics historically shaped local settlement patterns, leaving behind clusters of small communities like Miller City, Willard, and Cache.
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1931 · Cairo
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1933 · Cairo
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1934 · Thebes
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1939 · Wickliffe
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1939 · Charleston
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1939 · Cairo
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1939 · Thebes
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1949 · Paducah
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1950 · Paducah
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1952 · Wickliffe
USGS Topo · 1:62,500