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1942 Map of Montgomery

Name: 1942 Topographic Map of Montgomery
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1956
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1956

About this map

The Red River and the Little River dominate this Central Louisiana landscape, where winding bayous and oxbow lakes define the boundaries of Natchitoches, Winn, and Grant Parishes. In the early 1940s, the river economy is evident in the dense string of settlements and churches along the Cane River Lake, including Cloutierville and the historic Melrose community. The map reveals a complex network of waterways such as Bayou Brevelle and Bayou Derbonne, interspersed with significant landmarks like St Augustines Ch and St James Ch.

Transportation corridors of the Texas and Pacific RR and Louisiana and Arkansas RR flank the river valleys, connecting hubs like Montgomery and St Maurice. Large swaths of the Kisatchie National Forest and the Red Dirt Wildlife Management Preserve anchor the western portion of the sheet, providing a sharp contrast to the intensively settled bayou banks where family-named features like Hertzog Lake and Gallion Paton Sch are found.