1969 Map of Glass Mountains NE

About this map

The Cimarron River winds through the southern reaches of this landscape, forming a natural boundary between Woods and Major counties. In the late 1960s, the region was defined by a rural grid of townships including Elbert, Oakdale, and Aline, where community life centered around landmarks like Oakdale Ch and the Pleasant Ridge Cem. To the south, the topography rises toward Lone Peak and the drainage of Cheyenne Creek, while the industrial footprint of the Southwest Oakdale Gas Field is evident through numerous Gas Wells and pipelines. The map documents a specific moment in Oklahoma's prairie development, where traditional agricultural land-use patterns began to share the space with energy extraction infrastructure during the mid-century period.