1969 Map of Lesterville SE

About this map

The Black River meanders through this portion of the Ozarks, carving a deep valley between the heights of Logan Mountain and the Lesterville hills. By the late 1960s, the landscape reflected a transition toward water management and recreation, with Whizenhunt Bay marking the northern reaches of the inundation area controlled by the Clearwater Dam. This controlled flooding has reshaped the traditional river bottomlands, where family-named landmarks like Rutter Cem and Guilliams Cem remain on higher ground. The map details a network of narrow hollows such as Coyote Hollow and Sycamore Hollow that feed into the main river system. Remote settlements like Mayberry and small family burial plots like Mann Cem and Hampton Cem provide significant points of interest for genealogists tracing the rural history of Reynolds County.