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1926 Map of Oregon

Name: 1926 Topographic Map of Oregon
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1926
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1926

About this map

Oregon serves as a prominent ridge-top settlement in Holt County, overlooking the complex floodplain of the Missouri River as it appeared in the mid-1920s. This survey, supported by the Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines, details a transition from the dissected uplands of Lewis and Nodaway townships down to the river bottoms. The landscape is heavily marked by early drainage engineering, notably the Squaw Creek Ditch and the Mill Creek Burlington Ditch, which sought to reclaim the fertile but flood-prone land near Forest City.

Rural life is anchored by a dense network of country schools, including Culp School, Mayflower School, and Chambers School. Transportation is defined by the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad skirting the bluffs, alongside the emerging State Highway No 1. The map captures the river's winding path before modern channelization, including the oxbow at Fitzmaurice Lake and the shifting borders at Doniphan Co.