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1911 Map of Lake Providence

Name: 1911 Topographic Map of Lake Providence
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1911
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1911

About this map

The oxbow of Lake Providence dominates the landscape of East Carroll Parish, where the curved waters separate the main settlement from the sprawling Tyrone Plantation and Indian Mounds to the north. Surveyed in cooperation with the Fifth Louisiana Levee District, this map reveals a complex agrarian and river economy at the start of the 1910s. The powerful Mississippi River defines the eastern boundary, shifting past Stack Island and leaving behind secondary channels like The Chute and Round Lake.

Social and industrial hubs are scattered throughout the floodplains, including Walker and Fishers Sawmill and numerous spiritual centers such as Cane Ridge Church, Mt Lebanon Church, and Joyce Chapel. The transportation network is anchored by the Iron Mountain and Southern railroad, which parallels the river. Historic landholdings such as Belle Mead Plantation, Buck Meadows Plantation, and Desona Plantation illustrate the period's plantation-style land use.