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1972 Map of Stella

Name: 1972 Topographic Map of Stella
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1974
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1974

About this map

Olivers Prairie and the surrounding hills of southwestern Missouri are defined by a complex network of spring-fed waterways, including North Indian Creek and Middle Indian Creek. The cultural landscape of the early 1970s reveals a pattern of dispersed rural settlements like Stark City, Wanda, and Stella, connected by an older infrastructure evidenced by the Old Railroad Grade traversing the northern townships.

Genealogists will find a wealth of family and community landmarks, from the numerous small burial grounds such as Hazelgreen Cem and Ivie Cem to local centers of worship like Jones Chapel and the Baptist Ch. The land use shows a mix of agricultural prairie and resource extraction, with a Quarry and Tailings piles near the northern creeks, while natural features like Weatherspoon Spring and Lentz Spring continue to mark the valley floors.