Wheeler Lake dominates the central landscape of this North Alabama survey, where the wide expanse of the Tennessee River is broken by features like Finley Island and Byrd Island Bar. The map details a transition from the industrial infrastructure of the Decatur State Docks on the southern bank to a rural northern interior defined by family-named crossroads and historic burial grounds. Small agricultural communities such as Lawson, Lawngate, and Jones Crossroads are connected by a network of county roads that navigate the tributaries of Round Island Creek and Mud Creek.
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1888 · Huntsville
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1892 · Huntsville
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1935 · Athens
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1936 · Caddo
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1936 · Decatur
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1936 · Stewart Cross Roads
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1936 · Ripley
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1936 · Trinity
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1936 · Hillsboro
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1936 · Tanner
USGS Topo · 1:24,000