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1954 Map of Drynob

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Drynob
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1959
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1959

About this map

Osage Fork and the Gasconade River dominate this mid-century portrait of Laclede and Pulaski Counties. The terrain is a network of hollows and ridges, including Murrell Hollow and Basin Hollow, where life was organized around small creek-side settlements and rural schoolhouses. The map reveals a community in transition during the 1950s, specifically noting several educational landmarks as defunct, such as Prairie Creek School and Stockdale School.

Small social hubs like Drynob and Abo anchor the road network, while the spiritual and genealogical history of the area is preserved in labels for Mt Pleasant Church, Sunny View Church, and family burial sites like Smittie Cemetery and Wilson Cemetery. Much of the eastern portion is dedicated to the Mark Twain National Forest, illustrating the overlap of private homesteads and public timberlands in the Missouri Ozarks.