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1934 Map of Redbird

Name: 1934 Topographic Map of Redbird
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1962
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1962

About this map

St James and the surrounding Ozark foothills of central Missouri appear here during the mid-1930s, showing a landscape defined by small rural schools and family burial grounds. The Bourbeuse River and Gasconade River carve through the terrain, dictating the placement of early settlements like Lanes Prairie and Highgate. Significant local institutions are documented near the southern edge of the map, including the Soldiers Home and the St James Hospital, alongside the busy St Louis San Francisco railroad corridor.

Industry and local governance are represented by the Stockton Mine in the north and a designated Fairground near the center. This survey, which includes topographic work by students from the Rolla Vocational Training School, provides an exceptionally dense record of early 20th-century community infrastructure, from the Broadway Ch to numerous one-room schoolhouses like Grovedale Sch and Varna Sch.