1983 Map of Golden City

About this map

Golden City and Earl Prairie anchor this early 1980s look at the Arkansas interior, where the valley of the Petit Jean River meets the northern boundary of the Ouachita National Forest. The map captures a transition between institutional land use and traditional rural settlement, featuring the Arkansas Childrens Colony and the Arkansas Dept of Corrections Prison Farm. Genealogists will find a high density of rural burial grounds, including Hopewell Cem, Logan Hall Cem, and Taylor Cem, alongside crossroads communities like Carolan. The southern half of the quadrangle is dominated by the steep rises of Montgomery Mountain and Huckleberry Mountain, where creeks like Right Hand Sugar Creek and Buck Knob Creek drain the timberlands towards the river valley.