1960 Map of Deerfield SE

About this map

Pleasant Prairie and the surrounding townships in southwestern Kansas are captured here during a period of significant energy development at the turn of the 1960s. The landscape is defined by the transition from cattle ranching to petroleum extraction, evidenced by the central location of the Reeve Ranch surrounded by dozens of active Gas Well and Oil Well sites. These markers underscore the expansion of the Hugoton Gas Area into rural areas like Ivanhoe and Sherlock.