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1958 Map of Horseshoe Mountain

Name: 1958 Topographic Map of Horseshoe Mountain
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1959
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1959

About this map

Ouachita National Forest blankets this section of Scott County, where ridges like Walker Mountain and Brawley Mountain dictate the placement of small, mid-century settlements. Along the valley floor of Jones Creek, local life is centered around the Brawley and Denton communities. Genealogists will find a high concentration of family-named landmarks and burial sites concentrated near these pockets of habitation, including the Vise Cem and Oliver Cem.

South of the namesake Horseshoe Mountain, the landscape transitions toward the winding path of the Black Fork and its tributaries. Religious and social centers such as Unity Ch, Beauchamp Ch, and Piney Ch are scattered throughout the forest clearings, often paired with their respective cemeteries like Walnut Grove Cem and Piney Grove Cem. The map illustrates a rural Arkansas economy still closely tied to the timber and terrain of the surrounding mountains during the late 1950s.