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1939 Map of Moro Bay

Name: 1939 Topographic Map of Moro Bay
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1941
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1941

About this map

The Ouachita River meanders through a dense network of sloughs and brakes along the borders of Calhoun, Bradley, and Union Counties. This 1930s survey captures a landscape defined by its waterways, featuring complex drainage patterns like Pacific Slough and Cane Hill Spring Slough, alongside landforms such as Harvin Ridge. Life in the Arkansas timberlands during this era centered around river access points like Wilmington Landing and Stow Landing, as well as small rural communities such as Artesian and Jersey.

The presence of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad and local crossings like Lloyd Ford indicate how commerce moved between the uplands and the river bottoms. Numerous community institutions are documented, including the Union Grove Ch, Faustina Ch, and several schools like Bramm Sch and Ebenezer Sch, providing a detailed view of the social geography before mid-century changes altered these rural districts.