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1959 Map of Miles City

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of Miles City
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1974
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1974

About this map

Miles City and its surrounding wetlands are defined by the convergence of industrial transport and natural strands in this mid-century Collier County survey. The landscape is dominated by vast hydrologic systems, including the Fakahatchee Strand and the Okaloacoochee Slough, which dictate the placement of human infrastructure. The Seaboard Coast Line runs north-to-south, intersecting the prominent Everglades Parkway (Alligator Alley) near the Miles City Lookout Tower.

Evidence of much earlier habitation is visible in the form of multiple Indian Mounds and the East Hinson Indian Mounds, which occupy elevated hammocks like Pepper Hammock and Platt Island. These small dry-ground sites, along with names like Lone Chickee Island, provide a record of how both indigenous peoples and early settlers navigated the seasonally flooded Miles City Prairie and the dense Bear Island Strand.