1968 Map of Ashland

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Industrial and urban development along the Ohio River characterizes this late-1960s landscape, centered on the expansion of Ashland. The map reveals a dense network of civic and educational institutions, from Holy Family Sch to the Ashland Vocational Sch, alongside major transit corridors like the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. Beyond the city limits, the terrain shifts into the heavily mined hills of the East Fork Little Sandy River valley, where numerous Strip Mines and gas wells mark the region's reliance on extraction.