Inventory of Historic Maps of Mississippi,
created 2007-2017,
by Paul Davis

Title:Map showing site of proposed crossing of the Yazoo River, State of Mississippi by the Georgia Pacific Railway... made under direction of Samuel H. Purcell, Divn. Supert. by Richd. A. O'Hea, C.E. Greenville, Mississippi, June, 1887.
Author:O'Hea, Richard A.
Scale:1 inch to 300 feet
Situation Date:1887
Type:Manuscript
Features:Yazoo River with depths, creeks, wooded areas, Goose Lake, contour lines, houses and other structures with names of residents, orchards, fields, road from Greenwood, proposed location of railroad bridge, line and point survey data in red.
Comments:Features Note: Contains notes on velocities, elevations, soundings and contour lines. File is accompanied with a large scale profile, bridge details, and document describing congressional legal authority to Georgia Pacific Railway to construct bridge across Sunflower, Yazoo and Tombigbee rivers.
Coverage:Leflore County
Repository:National Archives and Records Administration, Cartographic and Architectural Records
Language:English
Size (inches):21 X 43
Color:Y