1975 Map of Frederick SW

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The North Fork Red River dominates the western half of this 1975 aerial orthophotograph, winding in a complex, braided pattern across the Oklahoma-Texas border. This advance print captures the high-contrast textures of the river's sandy bed and meandering channels against the starkly organized agricultural landscape of Tillman County. The imagery reveals the sharp division between the dynamic, shifting fluvial environment and the rigid section-line roads and rectangular fields that define the regional farming economy. In this mid-1970s view, the absence of named towns emphasizes the rural character of the area, focusing instead on the natural hydraulics of the river fork and the systematic land divisions that surround it.