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1958 Map of Wabash Island

Name: 1958 Topographic Map of Wabash Island
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1959
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1959

About this map

The Wabash River meanders toward its confluence with the Ohio River in this late 1950s survey, a landscape defined by shifting watercourses and dense bottomlands. The tri-state boundary between Indiana, Illinois, and Kentucky meets near the expansive Wabash Island, where the river's path is marked by historical landmarks like the Bone Bank and Mackeys Island. On the Illinois side, the Shawneetown Hills rise above the alluvial plain, providing a natural vantage point for a Lookout Tower overlooking the river valley.

Evidence of established rural life appears in small clusters such as Oak Grove, while the surrounding wetlands are crisscrossed with named features like Hulda Lake and Running Slough. This map is particularly valuable for tracing local genealogy and early transport, documenting the Black Sch, the Rowe Cem, and the Pet Ferry crossing on the Ohio. The intricate network of sloughs, including Cattail Slough and Yellowbank Slough, illustrates the complex drainage of the Lower Wabash valley before modern hydrological changes.