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1967 Map of Snow Lake

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Snow Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1968
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1968

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White River National Wildlife Refuge dominates the western portion of this landscape, where the meandering White River creates a complex system of oxbows and seasonal wetlands like Big Round Lake and Alligator Lake. The map details a river-bottom environment defined by water management and transport, with a prominent levee system protecting the lowlands where the Mississippi River and White River converge.

The small settlement of Snow Lake serves as a local focal point along the Missouri Pacific rail line, situated near significant terrain features like the dry Snow Lakebed. Evidence of rural community life is scattered throughout the bottomlands, including Thompsons Cem and New Canaan Ch. The infrastructure of the late 1960s is clearly visible, from the isolated station at Stimson to the winding course of Scrubgrass Bayou, reflecting an era when these delta communities were deeply tied to the seasonal cycles of the river and the reach of the railroad.