It may seem strange, but Rocky Bayou Creek will not be on the Rocky Bayou map. When reworking the campaign map, I made Rocky Bayou a crossroads. On historical maps, it just appears with a single road passing through from Mt. Olive going south. Because of this, it was hard to find the right place on a topographic map to represent the town, which may have been (or been near) what was historically known as Lunenburg, northeast of Guion.
To get a good terrain for a crossroads, I went a little further east from the east branches of Rocky Bayou Creek and will be using an area south of Sage, Arkansas (unincorporated) for the map. Sage is located to the southeast of Melbourne, AR. The area being used for the WIA5 map is about where highways 69 and 58 intersect.
For names on the WIA5 map, I use names from Rocky Bayou Township in the 1850 census. Several hills will appear on the map, but these are all fictional. After looking at some photos from Google Maps, it appears that I will have to alter the woods to allow for a mix of conifers and deciduous trees, instead of all deciduous, which is in the current draft.
I have added some extra woods(particularly in the southeast corner and northern border), but the pattern of the woods will be similar to what is on the topo.
With any luck, the map may be completed the end of the 1st week of January.
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