1964 Map of Niota

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The Mississippi River defines this 1964 landscape, serving as a busy industrial and transit artery where the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad crosses into Illinois via a prominent Toll Bridge. On the eastern bank, the settlement of Niota (East Fort Madison Sta) and the original site at Old Niota mark the riverfront commerce of the era. To the south, the historical significance of the region is evident in the cluster of burial grounds and religious sites near Nauvoo, including the Old Nauvoo Cem, Pioneer Saints Cem, and SS Peter and Paul Cem. Inland, the terrain of Appanoose and Sonora townships transitions to an agricultural plateau carved by Tyson Creek and Larry Creek. This survey captures the rural infrastructure of the mid-1960s, from the Nauvoo-Colusa High Sch to the small community of Powellton and the Thornber Cem.