1901 Map of Ardmore

About this map

The Arbuckle Mountains dominate the northern terrain of this Chickasaw Nation territory, where the Washita River cuts a deep path past the town of Dougherty. Settlement is concentrated around the regional hub of Ardmore, which sits at the junction of developing road networks and the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe R. R. The map documents a landscape in transition, marked by the Indian Meridian and numerous small communities like Healdton, Berwyn, and Lonegrove. Industrial activity is evident in several locations, specifically where an Asphalt Mine is noted near the mountains and again further south. This survey, conducted just before the turn of the century, provides a look at the early township structure and the distribution of family-named settlements like Keller, Hewitt, and Wilson before later twentieth-century development changed the local geography.