1962 Map of Kraemer

About this map

Webster Plantation and Melodia Plantation occupy the narrow, arable strips of land along the western banks of Bayou Lafourche, illustrating the traditional long-lot settlement patterns of southern Louisiana. To the east, the landscape transitions into the vast wetland of the Rathborne Swamp and the open waters of Lake Boeuf. Transportation and commerce in the early 1960s were centered on the river and the Southern Pacific railroad, which parallels the bayou through small communities like Rousseau and Ewing.