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1956 Map of Laverty

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Laverty
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

About this map

St Louis San Francisco railroad tracks cross the northern landscape of this Grady County survey, connecting the rural communities of Laverty and Norge. This mid-century map captures a transition in Oklahoma’s energy and recreational landscape, documenting the Lake Louis Burtschi State Game Reservation and the extensive North Cement Gas Field. The industrial character of the region is evident in the network of pipelines and clusters of oil wells that punctuate the terrain between East Bills Creek and McCarty Creek.

Social life in this era centered on small crossroads institutions like Pioneer School, Kechi School, and Woods Memorial Church. For genealogists, the map provides precise locations for the Laverty Cemetery and Pioneer Cemetery, which stand alongside family-named landmarks and local schools. The southern border follows the winding course of the Little Washita River, while the 1970s photorevisions introduce the H.E. Bailey Turnpike slicing through the older rural grid.