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1972 Map of Dunbar

Name: 1972 Topographic Map of Dunbar
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1973
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1973

About this map

The Kiamichi River carves a deep path through the Ouachita Mountains in this early 1970s survey of Pushmataha County. The corridor of the St Louis-San Francisco railroad dictates the settlement pattern, connecting the small communities of Dunbar and Wadena along the riverbanks. The landscape is defined by massive ridges, including Wildcat Mountain and Box Mountain, which rise sharply above the river valley.

Evidence of the region's timber and transport history is visible in the network of secondary routes like Long Bell Road and various unnamed trails. For family historians, the presence of the Reynolds Cem and the settlement at Eubanks offers precise locations for tracing ancestral ties to this remote part of the Choctaw Nation's historic territory. The map's detail preserves the relationship between the rugged terrain and the narrow valley floor where life and industry centered.