1957 Map of Collinston

About this map

The junction of the Missouri Pacific and Louisiana and Arkansas railroads at Collinston anchors this mid-century survey of the Mississippi Delta's western edge. The landscape is a complex network of wetlands and drainage controls, notably the sprawling Wham Brake and a system of levees and diversion canals that redirect Bayou Lafourche. This infrastructure illustrates the era's intensive water management designed to protect the surrounding agricultural fields and the small communities like Oak Ridge and Windsor.