Loading map...

1905 Map of Harrison

Name: 1905 Topographic Map of Harrison
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1905
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1905

About this map

The town of Harrison serves as the central hub for this early twentieth-century Ozark landscape, where the St. Louis and North Southern RR winds through the hills connecting local communities. The terrain is defined by a dense network of mountain ridges and hollows, including Gaither Mtn and Bradshaw Mountain. Settlement patterns follow the natural water sources, with villages like Bellefonte, Carrollton, and Lead Hill established near vital springs and creek forks.

Early industry is visible in the presence of Blantons Mill and a Rock Quarry, indicating the resource-based economy of the era. To the north, the White River and its various tributaries like Bear Creek carve deep valleys through the limestone. This survey captures a moment when travel depended on mountain gaps like Alpena Pass and Jennings Gap, before modern highways altered the rural connectivity of Boone and Carroll counties.