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1968 Map of Gregory SW

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Gregory SW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1970
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1970

About this map

White River meanders in tight, dramatic oxbows through the lowlands of Prairie County and its neighbors in the late 1960s. This river-dominated landscape is defined by its complex network of sloughs and cutoffs, including Horseshoe Lake, Hicks Lake, and Goose Pond, which indicate the shifting course of the water over decades. The high ground of Peach Orchard Bluff and Smokehouse Bluff provides rare relief against the bottomlands.

Settlement is sparse, anchored by Georgetown and McClelland, while an Old Railroad Grade traces a legacy of former transport through the swamps. Conservation and resource management are evident in the sprawling Hurricane Lake State Game Area and Bayou Des Arc State Game Area. For the local historian, the map preserves specific burial sites like Kings Cem, isolated among the bends of the river and the surrounding drainage of Bear Slough and Clear Lake.