
The Mississippi River defines the southern boundary of this Louisiana landscape, where the historic town of St Francisville sits atop high ground overlooking the alluvial lowlands. The geography is split between the dense Tunica Swamp, filled with water bodies like Blackfork Lake and Tunica Lake, and the rolling eastern uplands marked by deep ravines and bayous. The 1960s cultural footprint reveals a transition between old river-and-rail industry and emerging local infrastructure, evidenced by the Illinois Central Railroad route and the Dipple-Enette Airport.
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1906 · Bayou Sara
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1939 · St. Francisville
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1939 · Fordoche
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1941 · Batchelor
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1953 · New Roads
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1954 · Port Hudson
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1954 · Elm Park
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1954 · Baton Rouge
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1955 · Fordoche
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1955 · Batchelor
USGS Topo · 1:62,500