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1961 Map of Catharine

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Catharine
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1962
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1962

About this map

Catharine serves as a primary settlement in this section of Ellis County, where the agricultural landscape is interspersed with a burgeoning Oil Field. The map reveals a community deeply rooted in its local heritage, evidenced by the St Catharine Cem and Sacred Heart Cem near Emmeram. The winding path of North Fork Big Creek cuts through the terrain, defining the local drainage patterns and supporting small-scale industry like a Gravel Pit.

Large township divisions such as Catherine, Herzog, and Walker organize the high plains, while numerous quarries and oil wells indicate a reliance on the earth's resources during the early 1960s. This survey captures the rural character of the region before further modernization, documenting the precise location of homesteads and resource extraction sites essential for genealogical and local history research.