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1958 Map of Westcott

Name: 1958 Topographic Map of Westcott
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1970
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1970

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Sam Houston National Forest dominates this topographic record of East Texas, where the dense woodlands of the Piney Woods meet the open spaces of the Prairie in the southeast. The landscape is defined by the winding paths of Tarkington Bayou and the East Fork San Jacinto River, which create a complex drainage system through the timberlands. Cultural life in the late 1950s centered on crossroads communities and small religious centers like Big Creek Missionary Ch and New Hope Ch.

Economic activity is represented by the Southern Pacific and Texas and New Orleans railroads, which parallel the eastern forest boundary near Shepherd. The presence of several family-named burial grounds, including Lovett Cem and Roark Cem, alongside the Dixon High Sch and a local Drive-in Theater, illustrates a transition between rural agricultural traditions and the expanding infrastructure of the mid-20th century.