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1941 Map of Stone Hill

Name: 1941 Topographic Map of Stone Hill
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1966
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1966

About this map

The Meramec River headwaters and a network of spring-fed branches define this landscape in the early 1940s. The area is characterized by scattered rural communities and an extensive system of local schools, including New Home Sch, Victory Sch, and Osage Sch, which served the families living along the hollows and ridges. Significant infrastructure of the era is visible at the Indian Trail Fish Hatchery and within the Indian Trail State Park, where several fire lookouts like Indian Trail Lookout and Crooked Lookout monitored the timberlands.

Local commerce and social life centered on locations such as Howes Mill P O and Stone Hill, while the spiritual and genealogical history of the county is preserved at Union Ch and numerous family burial grounds like Lay Cem and Hughes Cem. The map captures the transition from a purely agrarian economy to one managed for conservation and forestry, evidenced by the presence of Welch Sinks and the many named springs like Peterball Spr that feed the local watersheds.