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1946 Map of Cureall

Name: 1946 Topographic Map of Cureall
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1946
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1946

About this map

Bakersfield and Pottersville anchor this mid-1940s landscape of the Missouri-Arkansas border, where the Ozark Highlands are deeply dissected by the North Fork White River and Spring Creek. The area is characterized by an exceptionally dense network of rural one-room schools, such as Hawkins Ridge School, Vienna School, and Mt Pleasant School, many of which served localized farming communities that have since consolidated. A single industrial outlier, the Alice Mine, sits among the ridges, while spiritual life is anchored by landmarks like Cold Springs Church and the Cureall Cemetery.

Complex hydrology defines the terrain, with features like the Devils Backbone ridge separating numerous hollows and springs. The map documents traditional river crossings such as Casey Ford and Blair Ford before modern bridge infrastructure dominated the region. From the settlements of Caulfield and Elijah to the many family-named landmarks like Taylor Ridge, the sheet preserves the human geography of a bygone era in the Howell and Ozark county borderlands.