1944 Map of Waynesville

About this map

Fort Leonard Wood and the winding channels of the Gasconade River dominate this mid-century look at Pulaski County. The landscape is defined by the heavy meanders of the Big Piney River and Roubidoux Creek, where steep bluffs and river-bottom topography dictated the early settlement patterns of the region. The map captures a moment of military expansion during the war years, contrasting the organized layout of the military reservation with the established Ozark farming communities and family homesteads found in Gospel Ridge and along the St. Louis and San Francisco railway.