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1952 Map of Garland

Name: 1952 Topographic Map of Garland
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1973
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1973

About this map

Garland and the adjacent Garland City Sta sit along a sharp bend of the Red River, serving as a critical junction for the St Louis Southwestern railroad in the early 1950s. This landscape is defined by the river's dynamic history, evidenced by numerous oxbow lakes such as Spirit Lake, Cypress Lake, and Keller Lake that trace former channels across the Lafayette and Miller county line. The map reveals a dispersed rural community supported by a network of local institutions, including Old Gum Point Ch, New St Paul Ch, and the Wagoner Sch.

Industry and local history are etched into the terrain through an active Oil Field and established family-named sites like Mays Cem and Wright Cem. The presence of the Cedar Grove Sch (Abandoned) suggests shifts in local population or consolidation by the time of the survey. The eastern portion of the sheet is dominated by the rising ground of Marshill, which overlooks the complex system of sloughs and bayous like Field Bayou that weave through the bottomlands.