This 1845 map by Samuel Morse shows the major land routes leading to Fayetteville, rivers including the White River and the Illinois River, a fairly early designation of the Boston Mountains, and some early communities in the counties surrounding Washington County.
Notably, at least a half dozen roads lead out of each of the county seats, demonstrating what early became the center of commerce for each county, including Fayetteville’s role in Washington County.
Southwest of Fayetteville are Evansville, Cane Hill, Sylvia and Sweet Home, the present-day Prairie Grove. And to the southeast are St. Patricks, now called simply Patrick, and Jupiter, which is about where Brashears is today.
To the north, one of the roads loosely following the Old Missouri Road toward Pea Ridge is designated “State Road.”