1951 Map of Norwood

About this map

The Burlington Northern railroad corridor anchors this mid-century portrait of southern Wright and northern Douglas counties. The town of Norwood serves as the primary hub along the rail line, while the smaller settlement of Macomb sits to the west, each surrounded by a network of rural schools and churches that defined Ozark social life in the 1950s. The landscape transition is evident at the Blue Slip State Wildlife Management Area, where the terrain begins to drop into the drainage basins of the South Fork and Fox Creek.