1966 Map of Gans

About this map

Gans and Hanson serve as the primary hubs of this Sequoyah County landscape, where the Kansas City Southern and Missouri Pacific railroads converge to shape the local economy during the mid-1960s. The map reveals a dense network of family and community history, evidenced by numerous burial grounds like Peters Cem and Faulkner Cem, alongside rural social centers such as Prices Chapel and Blackjack Chapel. The terrain is defined by prominent elevations including Wildhorse Mountain and Pine Mountain, which rise above the drainages of Skin Bayou and Wolf Creek. Small settlements like Seven Oaks and Maple are connected by a web of county roads, while the presence of Gas Wells near the southern edge of the survey points to the area's diversifying natural resource development.