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1959 Map of Oregon

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of Oregon
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1960
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1960

About this map

Forest City and the county seat of Oregon anchor this late-1950s survey of the Missouri River valley where Missouri and Kansas meet. The landscape is defined by the heavy meanders of the Missouri River, which forms the border between Holt County and Doniphan County. Transportation and industry are centered on the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad line, which tracks along the base of the river bluffs near Forest City.

Genealogists can identify several local burial sites, including Forest City Cem, Iowa Point Cem, and Martin Cem. The map reveals a transition from the wide, levee-protected floodplains to the dissected uplands of Lookout Mountain. Numerous quarries dot the hillsides, particularly near Schlotz Branch, indicating the local extraction of stone during this era of mid-century development. The confluence of the Wolf River and the Missouri remains a prominent hydrologic feature in the southwestern portion of the quadrangle.