Mississippi River, Sheet # 21.
Subject
Mississippi River from above Carthage Landing to Jackson's Point,Mississippi. Tributary rivers and streams, cut-offs, oxbow deviations, levees, named landings, location of railroads, St. Catherine's Creek, Dead Man's Bend, St. Catherine's Bend, Whitehall Landing to Bougere landing, Concordia Parish.
Date
1884-1906
Mapmaker
Edward Molitor
Publisher
Mississippi River Commission
Place of Publication
[St. Louis, Mo.]
Accession Number
T0055.1997.0218.08
Condition
Poor. Acidified, brittle, bowning, tape.
Curatorial Notes
Should be deaccessioned. Second copy of this map located T0055.1997.0217.26
Notes
From 1907 edition of atlas, "Map of the Lower Mississippi River from the Mouth of the Ohio River to the Head of the Passes, in thirty two sheets." Indicates surveys taken 1882-83, shoreline in 1895-96 plus the "latest surveys," controlling levees in 1899 and 1906, names of landings and changed positions of landings.
Size
12 x 22
Storage
c05d09