1961 Map of Marilee

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North Texas farm country at the junction of Grayson, Denton, and Collin counties is defined here by the winding drainages of Little Elm Creek and Mustang Creek. This 1961 field check captures a landscape transition where the steel of the St Louis San Francisco and Texas railroad cuts through the blackland prairies near the community of Marilee. The settlement of Gunter serves as a local hub, featuring Gunter Lake and the nearby Gunter Cem. Evidence of early industrial activity appears through a scattered Oil Well and a Quarry in the south, while local spiritual life is anchored by Mt Carmel Ch. The terrain is marked by the Schraff VABM survey point, standing above the networks of Fork Walnut Creek and Clarks Branch that move water through this agricultural territory.