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1938 Map of Redbird

Name: 1938 Topographic Map of Redbird
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1938
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1938

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St James serves as a southern anchor for this Depression-era landscape, where the ST Louis San Francisco railroad and the ST James Hospital define the local infrastructure. The terrain is deeply carved by the Gasconade River and the Bourbeuse River, creating a network of ridges such as Long Ridge and Robinson Ridge. This survey reveals a remarkably dense rural fabric of one-room schools and family cemeteries, including Lanes Prairie and Highgate.

Industry and community life are grounded in landmarks like the Stockton Mines in the north and the Soldiers Home at St James. A proliferation of rural education sites, from Grovedale Sch to Flag Spring Sch, suggests a well-distributed population before the mid-century consolidation of school districts. Settlements like Rosati, Redbird, and Safe are connected by a winding web of creek-side roads and branches such as Coppedge Creek and Lanes Fork.