1969 Map of Alva SE

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The Salt Fork Arkansas River meanders across this landscape on the boundary between Woods and Alfalfa Counties during the late 1960s. Two major rail corridors define the transportation patterns of the era, with the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe cutting diagonally through the northwest near Brink and the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific running east-west through Ashley. The presence of several Gas Wells in the southern Valley region indicates the energy extraction footprint of the period. Local heritage is preserved at Liberty Cem and Short Springs Cem, while the broad prairie sections of Driftwood and Keith reflect the region's agricultural character.