Description: This detail of a 1850 map from the New Universal Atlas shows towns, forts, roads, canals, major rivers and lakes in Holmes County. The map is very similar to the 1839 map from Tanner's Universal Atlas. There are references to forts, battlefields, and routes used by the Army during the Seminole War. The Choctawchatchee River is the main waterway in this area, which splits off into Pea River and Parrot's Creek.
Place Names: Holmes, Pea River, Choctawhatchee River, Parrots Creek, Holmes Creek,
ISO Topic Categories: boundaries, inlandWaters, oceans, society, transportation
Keywords: Holmes County, physical, political, transportation, historical, physical features, county borders, roads, other military, boundaries, inlandWaters, oceans, society, transportation, Unknown,1850
Source: Samuel Augustus Mitchell, A New Universal Atlas (Philadelphia, PA: Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1850) 21
Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman |
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