1935 Map of Sledge

About this map

Crenshaw and Sledge anchor this Delta-region survey, where the Illinois Central System railroad tracks parallel the Chickasaw Boundary Line. The landscape is a complex network of waterways, featuring the Tallahatchie River and numerous oxbow formations like Pecan Lake and Fruit Lake. This era predates significant modern flood control, showing the intricate drainage through Squirrel Bridge Bayou and the Mc Ivor Drainage Canal. Evidence of early 20th-century aviation appears at Carrier Landing Field, while the rural social fabric is visible through countless localized institutions, such as Mastodon Sch, New Bethel Sch, and Pilgrims Rest Ch. This survey provides a rare look at the transition between the upland hills and the bottomland flats, marked simply as Rough terrain where the elevations shift.