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1973 Map of Forum

Name: 1973 Topographic Map of Forum
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

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The Kings River carves through the Ozark landscape of Madison County, framing a region defined by conservation areas and tight-knit rural communities. This survey documents the sprawling McIlroy State Game Management Area in the north and Withrow Springs State Park to the south, where War Eagle Creek winds past several designated picnic areas and Noark Camp.

Settlement patterns center on the hamlet of Forum, marked by its distinctive Forum Lookout Tower, and the dual locations of Alabam and Old Alabam. Genealogists will find significant local value in the recorded positions of the McClain Cem, Marshall Cem, and Fritts Cem, alongside the Assembly of God Ch. The topography is etched with numerous named hollows, including Houston Hollow and Moody Hollow, which illustrate the traditional drainage and land-use patterns of the Arkansas interior during the early 1970s.