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1943 Map of Fannett East

Name: 1943 Topographic Map of Fannett East
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1962
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1962

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The Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe railroad cuts diagonally across this coastal prairie landscape, connecting early twentieth-century settlements like Cheek and Fannett. This Jefferson County terrain is defined by its complex drainage network, where Din Bayou, Gully Bayou, and Pevitot Gully feed into the prominent Lovell Lake and the winding Taylor Bayou to the south.

The presence of numerous family-named landmarks, such as Broussard Cem, Landrum Cem, and Hillebrandt Cem, points to the deep generational roots of these farming and ranching communities. Water management is a primary theme of the era, evidenced by an Abandoned Canal, several unnamed canals, and multiple Pumping Sta locations designed to navigate the marshy transition between the inland prairies and the Gulf coast wetlands near La Belle.