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1947 Map of Ware

Name: 1947 Topographic Map of Ware
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1969
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1969

About this map

Egypt Mills and the riverfront landings of the late 1940s define this stretch of the Mississippi River where Illinois and Missouri meet. The landscape is split between the alluvial floodplains of Union County and the steep, wooded bluffs of the Shawnee National Forest. This era shows a transition in transportation, where the heavy infrastructure of the Illinois Central Missouri Pacific and St Louis San Francisco railroads run parallel to the shifting river channels and features like Vancill Towhead.

Rural education was still localized at the time of the survey, evidenced by a high density of country schools including Sublette Sch, Miller Pond Sch, and Iona Sch. For genealogists, the map preserves the locations of family-centered landmarks such as Rallo Cem and distinct river access points like Neelys Landing and Hamburg Landing, reflecting a river-centered economy that was beginning to modernize.