1962 Map of Crowder

About this map

The confluence of the Coldwater River, Tallahatchie River, and Yococona River defines this region of the Mississippi Delta in the early 1960s. These waterways, punctuated by numerous oxbows such as Horseshoe Lake and Croudip Lake, reflect an alluvial landscape where the Panola-Quitman Floodway represents a massive engineering effort to control seasonal inundation. The Illinois Central Railroad cuts a straight line through Crowder, linking the agricultural interior to wider markets. Scattered across the bottomlands are dozens of community landmarks, from Walkers Chapel and Beautiful Zion Church to the Wright School. Traces of much older habitation are preserved at the Indian Mounds located near the Tallahatchie River, while the eastern portion of the map rises into the hills toward Charleston, where the Chickasaw Boundary Line marks a significant historical surveying threshold.