1958 Map of Y City

About this map

Y City serves as the focal point for this 1958 survey, situated where the Fourche La Fave River meets the northern foothills of the Ouachita National Forest. The landscape is dominated by the steep ridges of Mill Creek Mountain and Irons Fork Mountain, with the latter divided by the deep cut of Posey Hollow. This era of the Ozark-Ouachita region reveals a landscape in transition, where the Eureka Sch (Abandoned) stands as a reminder of shifting rural populations, even as the Wolf Pinnacle Lookout Tower maintains its vigil over the timberlands from its high vantage point at Wolf Pinnacle. Local family and place names are preserved through landmarks like Goldsberry Mountain and Chant Cem, while the drainage patterns of Mill Creek, Irons Fork, and Slaty Creek illustrate the watercourses that shaped early settlement and travel in the Scott and Polk county borderlands.