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1958 Map of Cave In Rock

Name: 1958 Topographic Map of Cave In Rock
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1968
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1968

About this map

Ohio River river traffic and industrial extraction define this mid-century borderland between Illinois and Kentucky. The northern bank is dominated by the Shawnee National Forest and the namesake Cave in Rock, while the Kentucky side across from Mc Kinley Island shows a landscape deeply shaped by mining activities, including the Alco Mine and the Memphis Prospect Area. This survey reflects a period when rural schoolhouses like Peters Creek Sch and Hebron Sch still anchored local communities alongside country churches such as Dunn Spring Ch.

The complex river geography includes large landforms like Hurricane Island and Cave in Rock Island, with the Kentucky shoreline dotted by mile markers and navigation points. Away from the water, the terrain breaks into numerous hollows and creek beds, such as Williams Creek and Caney Fork, where small family cemeteries like Underdown Cem and Hurricane Cem remain as markers of the area's genealogical heritage.