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1967 Map of Calvin West

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Calvin West
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1968
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1968

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The Canadian River and Little River converge in this corner of Hughes County, defining a landscape shaped by petroleum extraction and rail transport in the late 1960s. The North Atwoods Oil Field and the Atwood Gem mine highlight the area's industrial character, while numerous Oil Wells dot the terrain south of Atwood. This community serves as a local hub, featuring the Atwood Sch and the Church of the Nazarene.

Infrastructure is dominated by the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific and the Kansas Oklahoma and Gulf rail lines, which follow the river valleys and pass through the township of Calvin. To the east, the prominent Bilby terrain rises above the drainage of Dark Hollow and Wildcat Creek, illustrating the contrast between the flat river bottoms and the more broken upland country typical of this Oklahoma region.