1972 Map of El Reno NE

About this map

Cottonwood Creek and Uncle Johns Creek carve a series of drainage patterns across this section of the Oklahoma prairie in the early 1970s. The landscape is defined by its transition from open agricultural spaces like Lynn Downs Field to the expanding municipal footprints of Piedmont and El Reno. A distinctive diagonal line is drawn by the Frisco rail line, which cuts across the southern portion of the quadrangle, while an Old Railroad Gr in the southeast corner provides a window into the area's changing transportation network. The presence of Mathewson Cem and Palmer Cem offers specific points of interest for genealogists tracing local families, and a large feedlot in the north reflects the region's enduring cattle-ranching heritage during this era of rural development.