Manifest sits at the heart of a complex Catahoula Parish landscape where the piney uplands transition into the expansive bottomlands of the Ouachita River basin. The terrain is defined by an intricate network of waterways, including Salem Creek and Bushley Creek, which feed into numerous oxbows and backwaters like Rhinehart Lake and Sandy Lake. This topography shaped the historical development of the region, visible here in the scattered family and community burial grounds that dot the higher ground, such as Heard Cem and the Girlinghouse Cem.
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1941 · Manifest
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1941 · Jena
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1941 · Harrisonburg
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1953 · Alexandria
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1953 · Natchez
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1955 · Alexandria
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1955 · Olla
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1956 · Natchez
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1958 · Jena
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1959 · Natchez
USGS Topo · 1:250,000