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1959 Map of Van Vleet

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of Van Vleet
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1986
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1986

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Natchez Trace Construction dominates the western half of this 1959 survey, marking a significant period of infrastructure development through the heart of Chickasaw Co and Clay Co. This corridor of growth runs parallel to the Gulf Mobile and Ohio Railroad, illustrating the shift in regional transport. The landscape is deeply rural, defined by a dense network of country schools and family churches such as New Zion Sch, Bethlehem Sch, and Arbor Grove Ch.

Elevations like Ross Hill and the curiously named Witch Dance Hill rise above the drainage basins of Chuquatonchee Creek and Houlka Creek. Cultural markers of the era are frequent, from the Drive-in Theater near Houston to the various sandpits and borrow pits that suggest the active material needs of the highway construction. Small agricultural communities like Van Vleet and McCondy serve as local hubs, surrounded by numerous family burial grounds including Jolly Cem and Reid Cem.