1916 Map of Kimmswick

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The Mississippi River corridor south of Jefferson Barracks defines this 1916 landscape, where the river serves as both a busy thoroughfare and a stark boundary between Missouri and Illinois. On the Missouri side, the St Louis Iron Mountain and Southern railroad tracks hug the riverbank, connecting river towns like Kimmswick, Sulphur Springs, and the industrial hub of Herculaneum. The terrain here is marked by deep hollows and high bluffs, punctuated by family-named schools such as Bowles School and Soulard School that anchor small rural communities. Across the water in Illinois, the landscape shifts to the flat alluvial plains of Moredock and Harrisonville. The reliance on river transport is evident at Harrisonville Landing, while the fertile bottomlands are etched with remnants of former river channels like Moredock Lake and Long Lake No 1.