1975 Map of Garden City

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The Mulberry Fork winds dramatically through the Cullman County landscape, its tight meanders defining the agricultural and settlement patterns captured in this mid-1970s orthophotoquad. This specialized imagery, produced by the Geological Survey in cooperation with the Soil Conservation Service, uses a December 1975 aerial photograph to provide a literal view of the terrain that standard topographic lines cannot fully convey. The town of Garden City sits in the lower southwest, while Hanceville and Center Hill occupy the higher ground to the north. The stark contrast between the dense woodland following the river's path and the patchwork of cleared fields on the surrounding plateaus reveals the land-use priorities of the era, offering a direct visual record of Alabama's rural farmsteads and timber tracts during this period.