1965 Map of Leflore

About this map

Leflore and Fanshawe anchor this 1960s landscape, where the flat valley of the Fourche Maline gives way to the southern ridges of the Ouachita National Forest. The region is defined by its parallel transportation corridors, with the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific and the St Louis-San Francisco railroads threading between the hills. In the north, the Red Oak Gas Field extends across the terrain near Norris, while the Wister Lake reservoir dominates the east, its shoreline reaching toward the small settlements of Hughes and Summerfield. This map documents a transitional period in eastern Oklahoma, capturing the rural community at Hicks Chapel Cem and the complex drainage of Cedar Creek, Long Creek, and Baker Branch before further modern developments altered the river’s course.