1935 Map of Tutwiler

About this map

Tutwiler and Lambert anchor this Delta landscape at a time when the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad and a dense network of bayous defined local commerce and movement. The map captures a transition in land use, showing the State Farm complex and numerous rural congregations like Mt Moriah Ch and St Elmo Chapel. The intricate drainage of the region is evident in the winding courses of Cassidy Bayou and Deadwater Bayou, punctuated by features like Buckskin Lake and Beaver Ruin Brake. This survey provides a window into the plantation-era settlement patterns of the mid-1930s, where small schools like Philadelphia Sch and Graham Sch served dispersed agricultural communities. The topography reveals the complex hydrology of the Yazoo Bayou basin before modern flood control altered many of these seasonal wetlands and brakes.