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1950 Map of Red Bluff

Name: 1950 Topographic Map of Red Bluff
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

About this map

The Little River and its complex network of sloughs and bayous define the landscape along the Little River and Hempstead County line. This 1950 survey, photorevised in 1975, documents the expansion of Millwood Lake, with purple revisions indicating the updated shoreline and water levels as of February 1975. Near the settlement of Saratoga, local history is anchored by the Saratoga Cemetery, Christian Church, and Mt Olive Church.

Evidence of earlier river-dependent commerce remains visible with the abandoned Wind Ferry crossing the main channel. The southern portion of the map is marked by the rail corridor of the St. Louis and San Francisco railroads, serving small outposts like Moore Camp and Orton. These tracks cut through the bottoms near Red Bluff and Shepherd Bluff, navigating a terrain of numerous water bodies such as Beard Lake, Cypress Lake, and Grassy Lake.