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1950 Map of Falls Chapel

Name: 1950 Topographic Map of Falls Chapel
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1973
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1973

About this map

Cossatot River meanders dramatically across this southwest Arkansas landscape, joining the Little River at a confluence that serves as a boundary between Sevier and Little River counties. The 1950 topography reveals a transition from the elevated terrain near Falls Chapel and Ben Lomond to the bottomlands of Lick Creek. A notable historical landmark, the Paraclifta Monument, stands near the river's northern bends, marking the site of a former county seat.

Transport and commerce at the time were defined by the Kansas City Southern railroad, which skirts the southern portion of the sheet near Flowing Well. Local life was anchored by rural junctions and small family-named landmarks like Millers Crossing, Taylors Stores, and the Mills Cem. The presence of several sloughs and a Gravel Pit along the riverbanks indicates the hydraulic activity and early industry that shaped these floodplains before later developments.