1963 Map of Myrtle

About this map

The Laurel Creek Public Hunting and Fishing Area dominates the central landscape of this Mingo County region, a terrain defined by the complex drainage of Pigeon Creek and Twelvepole Creek. In the early 1960s, the local economy is evidenced by infrastructure such as an Air Shaft, a Mine, and several prominent waste sites labeled as Mike Dump and Mine Dump near the community of Scarlet. The human geography is deeply rooted in narrow hollows, where family history is preserved in numerous small burial grounds like Lackey Cem, Newsome Cem, and Alexanders Cem.