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2017 Map of Holla Bend

Name: 2017 Topographic Map of Holla Bend
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2017
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2017

About this map

The Arkansas River meanders through this Pope and Yell County landscape, defined by dramatic oxbows and the expansive Holla Bend wildlife refuge area. The river's historical shifts are visible through features like the Holla Bend Cutoff, Howells Bend, and Neelys Bend, creating a complex network of wetlands and sloughs including Open Slough and Long Lake. Near the river, Winthrop Rockefeller Lake stands as a significant landmark in the fertile alluvial basin.

Upland from the river bottoms, the rural settlements of Pottsville, Bethel, and New Hope are interconnected by a dense grid of local roads, including the historically significant Butterfield Stagecoach Byp. Numerous family and community burial grounds, such as Dunn Springs Cem, Pisgah Cem, and Mount Zion Cem, are scattered throughout the quadrangle, offering valuable touchstones for genealogists tracing the early agricultural families of Carden Bottoms and the surrounding valley.