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1945 Map of Stone Hill

Name: 1945 Topographic Map of Stone Hill
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1945
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1945

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Indian Trail State Park dominates the northern reaches of this mid-century Ozark landscape, featuring the Indian Trail Fish Hatchery and several high-altitude vantage points like Crooked Lookout. The terrain is defined by the headwaters of the Meramec River and Sinking Creek, where numerous springs and karst features like Welch Sinks and Peterhoff Spr emerge from the limestone.

Settlement patterns in the 1940s remain centered around local hubs such as Howes Mill PO and the small community of Short Bend. A dense network of rural schoolhouses, including Fishwater Sch, Water Fork Sch, and Victory Sch, alongside family-named cemeteries like Copeland Cem and Bowers Cem, provides a detailed record of the social geography before mid-century school consolidations changed the rural Dent County landscape forever.