1970 Map of Wickliffe

About this map

The confluence of the Mississippi River and the Ohio River shapes the geography of this 1970 landscape, where the New Madrid Floodway sits opposite the river bluffs. This survey reveals a fascinating historical layer at the Ancient Buried City and the historic Site of Fort Jefferson, south of Wickliffe. The local infrastructure of the era is defined by the Gulf Illinois Mobile and Ohio and Illinois Central railroads, which parallel the complex network of waterways including Mayfield Creek and the Cane Slough. Between the river town of Wickliffe and the southern settlement of Bardwell, the map documents numerous family and community landmarks like the Harrison-Hughes Cem and Bethlehem Ch, illustrating the established rural social fabric of Ballard Co and Carlisle Co at the start of the 1970s.