1951 Map of Ogden

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Red River oxbows and marshy bottomlands dominate the borderlands between Arkansas and Texas in this early 1950s survey. The town of Ogden sits at a strategic junction where the Kansas City Southern railroad tracks cross the river plains, surrounded by a landscape of named cutoff lakes like Mill Lake, First Lake, and Summer Hill Lake. This area reflects a mid-century rural educational and social network, evidenced by the presence of the Rosenwald Sch and Washington Sch, alongside several country churches such as New Zion Ch and Summer Hill Ch. The mapping of these institutions provides a specific record of local community life just before significant school consolidations and demographic shifts. To the south, the Texarkana Radio Range Station and the settlement of Wamba sit near the winding McKinney Bayou, illustrating the technological and agricultural character of the Red River valley in this era.