1937 Map of Jeanerette

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Bayou Teche winds through the heart of this sugar-producing region, serving as the primary corridor for settlement and industry during the late 1930s. The landscape is dominated by large estates such as Albania Plantation, Bayside Plantation, and Linwood Plantation, with their structured fields and pumping stations reaching toward the swampy margins. The map reveals the intricate drainage and transport networks of the era, where the Southern Pacific and Missouri Pacific railroads parallel the bayou, connecting towns like Jeanerette and Baldwin to the wider Gulf economy.