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1971 Map of Wardview

Name: 1971 Topographic Map of Wardview
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1973
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1973

About this map

The Red River winds through this 1971 survey of North Louisiana, defining the Caddo Parish Bossier Parish line with a series of dramatic bends and oxbows. The river's historical shifts are evident in features like Missionary Lake, Halfmoon Lake, and the aptly named Old River, which sit as remnants of former channels within the floodplains. To the southwest, the town of Hosston serves as a local hub, anchored by the Hosston Oil and Gas Field and the Hosston Cem.

The landscape is a complex network of drainage and industry, where O'Rourke Canal and numerous ditches cross the bottomlands near Wardview. Local spiritual life is marked by the Bright Morning Star Ch and St Mary Ch, while the terrain rises toward the east at Millers Bluff. This map records a mid-century rural economy shaped by petroleum extraction, as seen in the numerous oil wells and the Landing Strip serving the river valley.