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340  THE DEEP SOUTH

Exploring the Deep South

Stretching from the Gulf Coast to the Appalachians in
the north and the Great Plains in the west, the Deep South Key
region sprawls across some 200,000 sq miles Highway
(517,998 sq km). Although large in area, the population Major road
is sparse and the transportation facilities limited. As Railroad
elsewhere in the US, a car is the best way to get around. State border
New Orleans has the region’s major airport, while smaller
airports serve state capitals and other key cities.

Kansas City Springfield
MISSOURI
Sights at a Glance Bentonville • Bull Shoals
Eureka Lake 62 Pocahontas
Tulsa Springs •
Louisiana • Mountain View St.Louis
Fayetteville
1 New Orleans pp342–51 Oklahoma Jonesboro Blytheville
2 Plantation Alley City 65 • • 55
3 Baton Rouge p355 • Fort Smith 40 67
4 Lafayette • Searcy West Jackson
5 Bayou Teche OKLAHOMA Russellville Conway • Memphis TENNESSEE Nashville
• •
6 Natchitoches Little Rock 40 • Holly
Lake
•
7 Shreveport Ouachita • North Little Rock Forrest Springs Corinth Tennessee Huntsville Chattanooga
City
•
Hot Springs • 22 Florence 72 •
Arkansas ARKANSAS • Scottsboro
70 Decatur
8 Little Rock • Clarksdale Oxford Tupelo 59
9 Hot Springs Arkadelphia • Pine Bluff Arkansas • Hamilton •Cullman
0 Mountain View 30 79 61 55 65 Gadsden • Atlanta
q Eureka Springs • Hope 65 78 Anniston
Camden •
• Mississippi Greenwood Winona
Mississippi Dallas Texarkana • Ouachita • • • Columbus • Birmingham 20
w Clarksdale El Dorado • Greenville Tuscaloosa 280
e Oxford MISSISSIPPI • ALABAMA GEORGIA
r Tupelo Dallas Shreveport Vicksburg
t Vicksburg National Military Park • Bossier City Monroe National 82 Opelika •
Phenix
•
y Jackson Ruston • Military Park Demopolis Tuskegee 85 • City
•
u Natchez Trace Parkway 49 167 Tallulah • 20 Meridian • 80 Selma
i Natchez Red Jackson Montgomery
Natchez
o Gulf Coast Natchitoches Trace Parkway 59
Laurel • Troy
Alabama Toledo • Tombigbee 65 231
Bend Natchez Alabama
p Mobile Reservoir Alexandria • 61 84 Andalusia
a Selma LOUISIANA McComb • Pearl •Hattiesburg 43 84 • • Dothan
s Montgomery TEXAS • 49 Brewton •
d Tuskegee De Ridder Baton 55
f Birmingham Sabine Opelousas Rouge Hammond Mobile FLORIDA
g Huntsville • Bayou • 10
Teche
•
Houston • Lake 12 Biloxi • Pascagoula Tallahassee
10
Charles Lafayette New
• Plantation Gulf
New Iberia Alley Orleans Coast
90
• New
Morgan City • Orleans
Houma
GUL F O F MEXICO
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