1934 Map of Irontown Ferry

About this map

The newly formed Lake of the Ozarks dominates this 1934 topographic survey, snaking through the river valleys of the Camden and Morgan county line. This map captures the landscape shortly after the completion of Bagnell Dam, showing the vast reach of the reservoir into tributary valleys like Bollinger Creek and Little Niangua River. Along these shorelines, the map preserves the names of early family homesteads and local infrastructure that survived the rising waters, such as the Irontown Ferry crossing and the Old Iron Smelter located near the mouth of a hollow.