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1914 Map of Nicholson

Name: 1914 Topographic Map of Nicholson
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1957
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1957

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Honey Island and the complex waterways of the lower Pearl River dominate this early 20th-century tactical survey. The landscape is defined by a dense network of bayous and rivers, including Indian Bayou, English Bayou, and the West Pearl River, which carve through the marshy terrain along the state boundary. Settlement is concentrated near the New Orleans Northeastern R. R. and the logging operations that drove the local economy.

Industrial infrastructure is evident through the presence of the H. Weston Lumber Co. and numerous woods roads like the Nicholson-Kiln Rd. and Gainsville Rd. connecting small riverfront communities. Notable established points like Gainsville, Logtown, and Westonia sit along the winding riverbanks, reflecting a period when water and rail were the primary corridors for commerce and transit in the Gulf Coast timberlands.