1971 Map of Emerson

About this map

Emerson sits at the heart of this early 1970s survey, marking a significant community hub where the Louisiana and North West railroad cuts a diagonal path toward the state line. The landscape transitions from the agricultural and residential clusters of Forest Grove and Millerton to the industrial infrastructure of the Horsehead Oil Field and Haynesville Oil Field. Numerous country churches and family-named cemeteries, such as Sweet Home Ch, Pleasant Home Ch, and Elliott Cem, are scattered across the terrain, reflecting the deep-rooted social and genealogical history of the Arkansas-Louisiana borderlands. The intricate drainage of Cypress Creek and its many branches like South Cypress Creek define the local topography, while numerous oil wells and drill holes illustrate the era's focus on resource extraction within the piney woods of Columbia County.