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1962 Map of Marshall

Name: 1962 Topographic Map of Marshall
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1982
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1982

About this map

The Buffalo National River winds through the northern portion of this quadrangle, defining a landscape marked by deep bottoms and sharp bends. Near the settlement of Gilbert, a segment of the Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad grade parallels the water, hinting at the river-and-rail economy that once tied these Ozark communities together. The topography is dominated by an intricate system of hollows, including Wheeler Hollow and Rattlesnake Hollow, which served as the primary conduits for local transport and settlement patterns between the ridges.

Family history is preserved in small churchyards and burial sites scattered across the terrain, from Parks Cem near Bear Creek to the Canaan Ch further south. The county seat at Marshall is shown with its street grid and public infrastructure, including the Sewage Disposal plant and a prominent Radio Tower atop the mountain. To the west, the map details the high ground of Pumpkin Flat and the headwaters of Spider Creek, illustrating the remote agricultural and timber-based character of the region in the early 1960s.