1955 Map of Glen Alta

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The Fort Benning Military Reservation occupies the northern half of this landscape, where the wooded terrain is drained by Hallowa Creek and Hollis Branch. Outside the reservation boundary, the landscape of the mid-1950s is defined by a network of small rural communities and church-centered settlements. Transportation is anchored by the Central of Georgia and Seaboard Coast Line railroads, which intersect near Christopher and Ochillee. Local life centers on institutions like Liberty Hill Ch, St Mathews Sch, and Zion Hills Ch. Notable topographic landmarks such as Bush Hill and Gobblers Hill rise above the drainage basins of Hichitee Creek and Bagley Creek, illustrating the territory just before the purple-ink updates of the early 1970s noted changes near Glen Alta.