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1963 Map of Hunt

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Hunt
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1981
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1981

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Industrial extraction and protected wilderness meet in this 1963 survey of the Johnson and Franklin County line. Large-scale earthmoving is evident at the Utah Strip Mine and the adjacent Strip Mine, where the landscape is starkly transformed compared to the surrounding Ozark National Forest. The topography is dominated by ridges like Chinquapin Ridge and the heights of Younger Knob, which is crowned by the Mountain Top Lookout Tower.

Settlement patterns follow the winding creek valleys, with small clusters at Hunt and Batson. Genealogists will find a high density of family and community burial sites, including the Brendle Cem, Hargraves Cem, and Jackson Cem. Notable landmarks such as the Buddhist Shrine near the strip mines and several rural churches like Grenade Chapel reflect the social fabric of these remote Arkansas communities during the early 1960s.