1967 Map of Loggers Lake

About this map

Sinking Creek winds through the heart of this landscape in the Mark Twain National Forest, carving a path through numerous hollows that define the border of Dent and Shannon Counties. The map reveals a pattern of mid-century Ozark life where family-named landmarks and small burial grounds like Hanning Cem and Chatman Cem dot the wooded hillsides. Hydrological features are prominent, including Sugar Tree Grove Spring and Cave Spring Cave, which suggest the region's complex karst topography. To the southeast, Loggers Lake and its nearby Campgrounds indicate the area's development for recreation and forestry management. The presence of several remote cemeteries and named hollows like Aunt Sal Hollow and Boardinghouse Hollow provides valuable physical context for genealogists tracing family histories in these rural Missouri townships.