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1959 Map of Medora

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of Medora
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1973
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1973

About this map

The East Fork White River and Muscatatuck River define the winding hydrology of this southern Indiana landscape, where the flat alluvial plains meet the heavily dissected hills of the Jackson-Washington State Forest. In the late 1950s, the town of Medora serves as a local hub, situated near the intersection of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the historic Indian Treaty Boundary. The map records a complex network of agricultural drainage, featuring the Stuckwisch Ditch and Smallwood Ditch, which reclaimed the river bottomlands for farming.

Local history is preserved in numerous family cemeteries scattered across the townships of Carr and Owen, including the Shoemaker Cem and Goss Cem. Evidence of local industry and infrastructure appears in the kilns located near the forest edge and a Covered Bridge spanning the East Fork. From the elevations of Fleener Ridge to the deep recesses of Daulton Hollow, the map provides a detailed view of Jackson County's rural character before modern development.