1959 Map of Cut and Shoot

About this map

The Conroe Oil Field dominates the southwestern portion of this map, revealing a dense network of pipelines and storage tanks that reflect the region's mid-century energy boom. To the north, the famously named Cut and Shoot serves as a central hub near the Sam Houston National Forest boundary. The landscape transitions from the industrial infrastructure of the oil fields to the timbered tracts and creeks of the forest, with the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe railroad corridor cutting across the center of the sheet through Waukegan.