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1968 Map of Handy

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Handy
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1983
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1983

About this map

The Handy settlement and its surrounding backcountry are preserved here as they appeared in the late 1960s, a landscape defined by the deep dissection of the Ozark Plateau. Much of the area is occupied by the Mark Twain National Forest, where the topography is a complex network of dry hollows like Tram Hollow and Stillhouse Hollow. These names, along with landmarks like Spout Spring Cave and Hodo Spring, reflect a history of subsistence and resource extraction in a karst environment.

Social centers are clustered at small crossroads and family plots, including the Handy Ch and Big Barren Ch, while local genealogy is rooted at the Bristol Cem. Water is the primary architect of this terrain, with Big Barren Creek and Running Water Creek cutting through the hills. Unique features like Sunken Farm and numerous upland ponds, such as Cuppla Pond and Flat Pond, indicate the specific drainage patterns of the Ripley County highlands.