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1967 Map of Story

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Story
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1968
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1968

About this map

The Old Indian Treaty Boundary carves a diagonal path across this 1967 survey, marking a legacy of early frontier surveying that still dictates property lines and road placements. This area of Southern Indiana is characterized by the convergence of several major public lands, including Brown County State Park, Yellowwood State Forest, and the sprawling Hoosier National Forest. The landscape is a network of ridges and hollows, such as Oak Ridge and Wilson Hollow, which feed into the Salt Creek system and the rising waters of Monroe Lake.

Small rural settlements like Story, Elkinsville, and Houston serve as focal points for local history, many containing family cemeteries like Moffitt Cem and Lutes Cem. The map documents a period when the expansion of reservoir systems began to reshape the low-lying communities along the Middle Fork Salt Creek, while upland areas remained defined by isolated landmarks like the Mt Nebo Ch and the Lookout Tower on the forest ridges.