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1970 Map of Bullis Mills

Name: 1970 Topographic Map of Bullis Mills
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1972
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1972

About this map

Bullis Mills and the surrounding borderlands of McKean County sit at the confluence of industry and agriculture in the early 1970s. The Allegheny River and Oswayo Creek carve through the landscape, defining the northern reaches of the quadrangle where the Penn Central tracks and an Old Railroad Grade trace the valley floors. The presence of the Sartwell Oil Field, Annin Oil Field, and Ceres Oil Field signals the region's long-standing reliance on resource extraction, with numerous oil wells and gas wells peppered across the hillsides of Eldred and Annin townships.

Community life centers on rural intersections like Sartwell and the cluster of homes near Bullis Mills Wesleyan Ch. The topography is a maze of named hollows, such as Dutton Hollow and Mix Hollow, which speak to the local family histories that shaped these drainages. Features like the Evergreen Cem and St Marys Ch serve as vital anchor points for genealogists tracing families in this corner of Pennsylvania and New York.