1954 Map of Salter Creek
USGS Topo · Published 1971About this map
The Sabine River meanders through this borderland, its course defining the boundary between Texas and Louisiana during a period of significant environmental transition. This 1954 survey, updated with 1969 photorevisions, captures the landscape just as the Toledo Bend Reservoir project began to alter the river valley. The eastern Louisiana side is dominated by the La Nana Grant and the settlement of Shinetown, while the Sabine National Forest covers much of the western Texas bank. Local history is deeply rooted in the small communities and rural religious sites like Pendleton Church, Beulah Church, and Harpers Chapel. Notable geographical features such as Goodlow Bluff and the sharp turn at Edison Camp Bend document the river's original character before inundation, while Negreet Bayou and Palo Gaucho Bayou feed into the main channel through dense bottomlands.
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Editions of this 1954 Salter Creek Map
2 editions found
Historical Maps of Sabinetown Through Time
59 maps found
1944 Negreet
Sabine Parish, LA
1954 Negreet
Sabine Parish, LA
1954 Negreet
Sabine Parish, LA
1954 Peason
Sabine Parish, LA
1954 Salter Creek
Sabine Parish, LA
1954 Toro
Sabine Parish, LA
1984 Beech Bayou
Sabine Parish, LA
1984 Union Springs
Sabine Parish, LA
1985 Negreet
Sabine Parish, LA
1985 Negreet SW
Sabine Parish, LA
1985 Salter Creek
Sabine Parish, LA
1985 Toro
Sabine Parish, LA
1988 Loring
Sabine Parish, LA
1988 Vowells Mill
Sabine Parish, LA
1994 Loring
Sabine Parish, LA
1998 Peason
Sabine Parish, LA
2003 Beech Bayou
Sabine Parish, LA
2003 Salter Creek
Sabine Parish, LA
2003 Union Springs
Sabine Parish, LA
2010 Beech Bayou
Sabine Parish, LA
2010 Salter Creek
Sabine Parish, LA
2010 Toro
Sabine Parish, LA
2010 Union Springs
Sabine Parish, LA
2012 Loring
Sabine Parish, LA
2012 Negreet
Sabine Parish, LA
2012 Peason
Sabine Parish, LA
2012 Vowells Mill
Sabine Parish, LA
2015 Beech Bayou
Sabine Parish, LA
2015 Loring
Sabine Parish, LA
2015 Negreet
Sabine Parish, LA
2015 Peason
Sabine Parish, LA
2015 Salter Creek
Sabine Parish, LA
2015 Toro
Sabine Parish, LA
2015 Union Springs
Sabine Parish, LA
2015 Vowells Mill
Sabine Parish, LA
2018 Beech Bayou
Sabine Parish, LA
2018 Loring
Sabine Parish, LA
2018 Negreet
Sabine Parish, LA
2018 Peason
Sabine Parish, LA
2018 Salter Creek
Sabine Parish, LA
2018 Toro
Sabine Parish, LA
2018 Union Springs
Sabine Parish, LA
2018 Vowells Mill
Sabine Parish, LA
2020 Beech Bayou
Sabine Parish, LA
2020 Loring
Sabine Parish, LA
2020 Negreet
Sabine Parish, LA
2020 Peason
Sabine Parish, LA
2020 Salter Creek
Sabine Parish, LA
2020 Toro
Sabine Parish, LA
2020 Union Springs
Sabine Parish, LA
2020 Vowells Mill
Sabine Parish, LA
2024 Beech Bayou
Sabine Parish, LA
2024 Loring
Sabine Parish, LA
2024 Negreet
Sabine Parish, LA
2024 Peason
Sabine Parish, LA
2024 Salter Creek
Sabine Parish, LA
2024 Toro
Sabine Parish, LA
2024 Union Springs
Sabine Parish, LA
2024 Vowells Mill
Sabine Parish, LA