1935 Map of Cherokee
USGS Topo · Published 1935About this map
The Proposed Tennessee Pickwick Landing Reservoir dominates this mid-1930s landscape, illustrating the transformative impact of the Tennessee Valley Authority on the region. As the project prepares to flood the valley, the map documents the existing settlement patterns along the Lauderdale-Colbert county line, including the town of Cherokee and the river community of Smithsonia. This survey captures a rural landscape on the cusp of total change, where family landmarks like Johnson Cem and Rutledge Cem sit alongside essential local institutions such as Lyle Academy and Moontown Ch. The network of State No 72 and the Southern No 20 railway provide a detailed look at the transportation corridors that sustained these upland communities before the rising waters of the Pickwick Landing Reservoir forever altered the shoreline and shifted local commerce away from the river bottoms.
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