1963 Map of Frost

About this map

The Tickfaw River meanders through the heart of this Livingston Parish landscape, defining a region where dense wetlands and pine-timbered ridges meet. In the early 1960s, the settlement of Springville served as a local hub, marked by the Springville Lookout Tower and surrounding family cemeteries like Zeigler Cem and Smiley Cem. The transition from the higher ground of Indian Camp Ridge into the expansive Gum Swamp illustrates the varied terrain of the Louisiana piney woods before extensive modern development. Smaller communities such as Frost and Livingston anchor the western edge, while the river's path is tracked through named features like Saulsettoon Bluff and the numerous bayous—Big Bridge Bayou, Edwards Bayou, and Wall Bayou—that drain into the main channel. The presence of a Sandpit and Pit indicates the local extraction industries of the era.