1958 Map of St. Joseph

About this map

St Joseph stands as the Tensas Parish seat along the western banks of the Mississippi River, where the landscape is defined by the sharp contrast between the alluvial plain and the rising hills of Mississippi to the east. The river’s shifting path is marked by features like Bondurant Chute and Bondurant Towhead, while the curved expanse of Lake Bruin serves as a reminder of a former river channel, now home to Lake Bruin State Park. This late-1950s landscape is deeply tied to its plantation and educational history, evidenced by the Windsor Ruins and the presence of Alcorn and its associated Alcorn Sch. Transportation networks including the Missouri Pacific and the Illinois Central Railroad flank the river, connecting riverside settlements like Bruinsburg and Rodney to the wider region. Numerous rural landmarks, such as Mt Zion Ch and the Laurel Hill Cem, provide essential data points for tracing family lineages in this river-border region.