1969 Map of Gunnison

About this map

Gunnison and the surrounding Bolivar County delta lands appear here in the late 1960s, defined by the sweeping curves of the Mississippi River. The landscape is a complex network of active and former watercourses, including the oxbows of Old River Lake and Lake Concordia. A massive Levee system protects the agricultural plains where smaller settlements like Perthshire and Waxhaw are situated. An Old Railroad Grade cuts through the southwestern section, signaling the changing transportation patterns of the mid-century as rail lines gave way to roads.