1968 Map of Roe

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The St Louis Southwestern railroad tracks anchor the small community of Roe in this late 1960s survey of the Arkansas Delta. The landscape is a transition between the organized agriculture of the Grand Prairie and the dense, swampy bottoms of the White River floodplain. Large protected tracts like Wattensaw and Roc Roe dominate the central and eastern portions of the sheet, where Honey Creek and Washington Creek carve through the terrain toward the river. To the west, the extensive waters of Peckerwood Lake and Peckwood Lake illustrate the vital role of irrigation and water management in this rice-growing region. Rural life is marked by several neighborhood congregations, including Peppers Lake Ch and Hurricane Ch, while the Clarendon Airport and a separate Landing Strip reflect the era's reliance on crop dusting and local aviation.