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1973 Map of North Of Fortymile Bend

Name: 1973 Topographic Map of North Of Fortymile Bend
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1990
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1990

About this map

Florida State Miccosukee Indian Reservation dominates the northern reaches of this orthophotomap, where the wet prairie landscape of the Everglades is revealed through 1970s aerial photography. The map highlights a remote area of southern Florida where life was adapted to the seasonal rhythms of the swamp, centered around Conservation Area No 3a where water is noted as being impounded periodically.

Seminole habitation is documented through specific cultural sites such as Ada Low Seminole Village and Sam Willie Seminole Village, alongside Sam Franks Old Farm, offering a precise record of late-20th-century settlement patterns within the Everglades Wildlife Management Area. Infrastructure is minimal in this wilderness, defined largely by Levee 28 and an Airboat Trail, which provide the primary means of navigating the expanse between Choctaw Hammock and the surrounding marshland.