Red River meanders through the heart of the Caddo and Bossier Parish boundary, shaping a complex network of oxbow remnants and floodplain channels. The landscape is defined by its hydrologic history, with numerous abandoned river courses such as Old Bed Horseshoe Lake, Old River, and the Old Posten Lake Bed marking where the river once flowed. These features, alongside drainage works like Ditch Number One and Posten Bayou Canal, illustrate a long-standing effort to manage the soggy bottomlands of northwestern Louisiana.
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1932 · Hosston NW
USGS Topo · 1:31,680
1932 · Hosston NE
USGS Topo · 1:31,680
1932 · Hosston SW
USGS Topo · 1:31,680
1932 · Hosston SE
USGS Topo · 1:31,680
1948 · Vivian
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1950 · Plain Dealing SW
USGS Topo · 1:31,680
1950 · Plain Dealing NW
USGS Topo · 1:31,680
1952 · Doddridge SE
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1952 · Bradley
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1952 · Doddridge
USGS Topo · 1:24,000