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1968 Map of Jam Up Cave

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Jam Up Cave
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1975
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1975

About this map

The Jacks Fork river carves a winding path through Shannon County in this late 1960s study, a period when the newly authorized Ozark National Scenic Riverways was beginning to preserve the area's subterranean and riparian landmarks. The landscape is defined by its karst topography, featuring numerous named caverns like Jam Up Cave, Meeting House Cave, and Peter Renfro Cave. These geological formations, alongside substantial springs such as Rymer Spring and Bunker Hill Spring, illustrate the complex hydrology of the Missouri Ozarks.

Evidence of rural settlement is scattered across the uplands between deep-cut drainages like Stillhouse Hollow and Rough Hollow. Small community centers are marked by country churches and family burial grounds, including the Berea Ch and Turkey Oak Cem. Prominent relief features such as Red Bluff and Chalk Bluff overlook the river, while the presence of Flat Rock and Low Gap indicates established travel points through the wooded terrain before the expansion of modern highway networks.