1936 Map of Riverside

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The Buffalo River and Little Buffalo River carve through the landscape of the Western Highland Rim in this mid-1930s survey. The map records a transition in the local economy, where an abandoned mine near Ruppertown and the Nashville Chattanooga & St L RR corridor reflect earlier industrial activity. Conversely, the presence of CCC Camp No 1472 near Laurel Hill points to the New Deal-era labor and conservation projects then active in the Tennessee Valley. Social life is anchored by a network of rural schools and churches, including Turkey Track Sch and Providence Ch. The convergence of Lewis, Wayne, and Lawrence county lines further identifies this area as a crossroads of the south-central Tennessee interior.