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1955 Map of Park Place

Name: 1955 Topographic Map of Park Place
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1955
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1955

About this map

Crowleys Ridge rises above the alluvial bottomlands of the St. Francis River in this mid-century survey of Lee County. The landscape is defined by the shifting course of the river, leaving behind a complex network of oxbows and sloughs such as Big Yancopin Lake and Council Lake. The river's influence on local movement is evident in the numerous named river crossings, including Point Look Around Crossing and Vanness Crossing, which once linked the agricultural communities scattered across the delta.

Rail transport via the Missouri Pacific lines connects rural settlements like Brickeys and Soudan to the county seat at Marianna. For genealogists, the map is a dense record of early community life, identifying dozens of rural schools and churches such as Bethlehem Ch & Cem and Macedonia Ch. The presence of several large islands, including Linder Island and Whiskey Island, highlights the historical isolation of certain tracts within the river's winding bends.