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1957 Map of Campti

Name: 1957 Topographic Map of Campti
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1962
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1962

About this map

The Red River winds through the heart of this Louisiana landscape, defining the boundaries between Red River Parish and Natchitoches Parish. The city of Natchitoches anchors the southern portion of the map, where NW State College and local landmarks like Fern Park Cem and the Radio Tower (KNOC) characterize the mid-century urban center. To the north, the winding river course creates a network of chutes and oxbows, including Old River and Passoit Lake, which separate the floodplains from the Old Spanish Lake Lowlands.

Rural life in the 1950s is documented through a dense network of country churches and schools, such as Bright Morning Star Ch, St Joseph Ch, and Gooch Sch. Infrastructure of the era is dominated by the Kansas City Southern and Texas and Pacific railroads, which facilitated the movement of goods through settlements like Campti, Powhatan, and Clarence. Natural features like Black Lake and Campti Brake reveal the complex hydrology of the Cane River country.