1968 Map of Pawnee

About this map

Kisatchie National Forest defines the northern reaches of this landscape, where the Calcasieu River meanders southward through a network of creeks and bayous. In the late 1960s, the area's timber and transport history is evident in the transition from an Old Railroad Grade to the active Missouri Pacific tracks near Pawnee. Small rural centers such as Union Hill and Calcasieu are centers for community life, anchored by numerous country churches including Gospel Chr and Hope Well Chr. The terrain is etched with waterways like Prairie Branch and Cherrywinche Creek, which shaped the early settlement patterns of the Rapides and Allen Parish border. Genealogists will find significant value in the detailed placement of family-named landmarks like Osburn Willis Cem and Melder Cem, providing a precise record of these piney woods communities before later 20th-century developments.