1947 Map of Hecker

About this map

Calcasieu River meanders through the western reaches of this Southwest Louisiana landscape, defining a network of wetlands and tributaries near the small settlements of Hecker and Stackpole. The map illustrates a transitional economy where early industrial infrastructure meets large-scale agricultural development. A Logging Railroad cuts across the northern townships, indicating the importance of the timber industry, while the presence of the Louisiana Irrigation Canal and other Irrigation Canals signifies the region's shift toward intensive rice cultivation or similar water-dependent farming. Small farmsteads are scattered along several designated routes, such as State Highway No 386 and State Highway No 388. The eastern boundary is marked by the Calcasieu and Jefferson Davis parish line, while southern water features like Kinner Gully and the Jones Canal further delineate the local drainage and irrigation systems of the mid-1930s and 1940s.