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1956 Map of Fletcher

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Fletcher
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1959
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1959

About this map

The St Louis San Francisco railroad cuts a diagonal path through this 1950s landscape, connecting the town of Fletcher to the surrounding ranching and farming country along the Caddo and Comanche County line. Cultural heritage is deeply embedded in the terrain here, most notably at the Little Washita Indian Church and the nearby Washita Indian Cemetery, which sit among the undulating breaks leading down to the Little Washita River.

Further south, the town of Sterling anchors the lower portion of the sheet near the confluence of Beaver Creek and smaller tributaries like Whiskey Creek. The map documents a rural social infrastructure, noting landmarks such as the Community House and Mount View, alongside evidence of the era's energy sector represented by a lone Gas well. The presence of these specific landmarks among the broader terrain divisions of Richards and Cedar Grove provides a clear record of mid-century Oklahoma settlement patterns.