Locust Fork and its complex network of tributaries, including Horse Creek, Burnt Cane Creek, and Village Creek, define the landscape of this North-Central Alabama coal-mining corridor. The industrial legacy is prominently marked by massive infrastructure such as the Flat Top Mine - Number 1 Impoundment Dam and the Bessie Mines - Number 3 Impoundment Dam. These features, alongside the numerous small settlements like Yerkwood, Quinton, and Bessie, trace the development of the region's extraction economy and its residential patterns.
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1889 · Birmingham
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1892 · Birmingham
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1893 · Jasper
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1895 · Birmingham
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1904 · Birmingham Coal District
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1906 · Birmingham Special
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1907 · Birmingham
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1935 · Port Birmingham
USGS Topo · 1:48,000
1938 · Port Birmingham
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1949 · Cordova
USGS Topo · 1:24,000