1951 Map of Falls Chapel

About this map

The Cossatot River and the Little River dominate this 1951 survey of the Arkansas borderlands, where the winding watercourses form the boundary between Sevier and Little River counties. The terrain is a complex of sloughs and oxbow lakes, including Red Lake and Davis Slough, illustrating the flood-prone nature of the bottomlands before modern interventions. Transportation history is deeply etched into the landscape, visible through the Kansas City Southern railroad line and an Old Railroad Grade that speaks to earlier timber or freight routes through the river bends.