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1954 Map of Slabtown Spring

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Slabtown Spring
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1959
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1959

About this map

The Big Piney River carves a deep path through this portion of the Mark Twain National Forest, defining the geography of the borderlands between Texas, Phelps, and Pulaski counties. In the mid-1950s, this landscape was characterized by small, river-dependent settlements and isolated rural institutions. Slabtown and Hazleton sit near the riverbanks, while several country schools like Bell School and Mooney Hollow School served the surrounding hollows.

A notable transition in local education is captured near the southern edge, where the Harmon Valley School is marked as abandoned. The map also documents essential community landmarks such as Long Hollow Church and the Merrill Cem. Water resources are central to the area's identity, with named features like Slabtown Spring and Pocket Eddy providing vital points of reference along the meandering river and its tributaries, including Roubidoux Creek and Paddy Creek.