1981 Map of Hortman

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The Bossier Parish Webster Parish line bisects this 1981 survey of the Louisiana bayou country, where the landscape is defined by the expansive Bodcau Reservoir and the Bodcau State Wildlife Management Area. The western half of the map is dominated by the winding path of Bayou Bodcau and the terrain of Coach Hole, while the southern reaches show the industrial footprint of the Bellevue Oil and Gas Field. A network of small rural congregations and family burial grounds, such as Bright Star Ch, Growing Valley Cem, and Whispering Pines Cem, anchor the scattered settlement of Hortman. The presence of several Pipeline corridors and a Gravel Pit illustrates the intersection of natural conservation areas with the region's extraction-based economy during the late twentieth century.