1971 Map of Marysville

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Marysville and the surrounding timberlands of the Columbia and Union county line are defined by a network of petroleum infrastructure and small rural congregations in the early 1970s. The landscape is dominated by the Shuler Oil and Gas Field and the East Shuler Oil and Gas Field, where numerous oil wells and complex pipelines intersect the natural drainage of Beech Creek and Three Creeks. This era shows a community structured around its faith and its dead, with several country churches and burial grounds such as Shady Grove Church, Union Hill Church, and the Babbs Cemetery scattered across the wooded hills. High points in the terrain are utilized for utility and monitoring, including a Lookout Tower in the northeast and a Radio Tower near the Shuler field, while Highway 82 serves as the primary east-west corridor for the region's resource-based economy.