1972 Map of Defiance
USGS Topo · Published 1983About this map
The Daniel Boone Home stands as a central landmark in this landscape, situated near the winding Femme Osage Creek. This 1972 field-checked survey reveals a region defined by agricultural heritage and mid-century land use transitions, including the sprawling Weldon Spring Ordnance Works (Abandoned) and the August A Busch Memorial Wildlife Area. The settlement of Defiance sits near the Missouri-Kansas-Texas railroad line, while smaller communities like Schluersburg and local institutions such as New Melle Ch and Bluff Spring Sch provide focal points for genealogical research. The presence of the University of Missouri Weldon Spring Experimental Farms suggests an era of institutional land management. Deep valleys and creeks like Dardenne Creek carve through the terrain, leading toward the flat agricultural expanse of the Darst Bottoms in the southeast.
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