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1954 Map of Ozark Springs

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Ozark Springs
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1959
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1959

About this map

The Gasconade River snakes through the center of this mid-century Pulaski County survey, its path defined by deep bends and landmarks like Red Bluff and The Narrows. This is a landscape in transition, where the wooded expanses of the Mark Twain National Forest meet rural communities connected by river crossings like the Lundstrum Ford Bridge and Moxie Bridge.

For local historians, the map documents several vanished landmarks of the 1950s, including Turkey Ridge School and Hickory Grove School. Small family and community nodes are scattered throughout the hollows, from the settlement of Ozark Springs to family-named sites such as Dodds Cem and Collie Hollow Cem. The shift in rural education is evident in the marking of the newer Laquey School alongside its abandoned predecessor, reflecting a period of consolidation in Missouri’s public school system.