1953 Map of Mazie

About this map

Gas And Oil Field operations define the local economy across this section of Lawrence and Elliott Counties in the early 1950s. The landscape is deeply incised by the Little Sandy River and its numerous tributaries, including Hurricane Creek and Whites Creek. Small rural communities such as Mazie and Martha serve as local anchors, while the terrain is dotted with family-named landmarks like the Jason Boggs Cemetery and Hay Cemetery. The infrastructure of the era is evident in the network of one-room schoolhouses, including Upper Cains Creek School and Boggs School, which were essential to these isolated hollows. Industrial activity is visible in the north with strip mines appearing near Hamilton, contrasting with the more traditional subsistence landscape found along the Left Fork and Right Fork of the local creek systems.