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1958 Map of Fort Oglethorpe

Name: 1958 Topographic Map of Fort Oglethorpe
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1959
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1959

About this map

Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park dominates the eastern half of this landscape, preserving the hallowed ground of the Civil War battlefield. The 1950s layout details the specific memorial landscape, including Wilder Tower, the Brotherton House, and several named fields like Snodgrass Field. To the west, the dramatic rise of Lookout Mountain features the developed tourist site at Rock City Gardens and the community of Fairyland.

Between these heights, the corridor along Chattanooga Creek shows the mid-century industrial and residential expansion of Rossville and East Ridge. This era captures a mix of rural heritage and suburban growth, where older landmarks like the DeSoto Park Mission and Shields Crossroads sit alongside modern developments such as the Drive-in theater and Rossville High Sch. Local family history is rooted in rural corners like Haysville and Flintstone, which remained largely agricultural even as the Central of Georgia RR connected the valley to the larger region.