1970 Map of Mocane NW

About this map

The Cimarron River cuts across the northern corner of this High Plains landscape, a region defined by its intensive energy infrastructure during the early 1970s. The map illustrates a dense network of Oil and Gas Wells and an extensive Pipeline system that crisscrosses the sections. The Missouri - Kansas - Texas railroad provides the primary industrial artery, running east-west through the southern half of the quadrangle. In the southeast, the Gas Plant near Knowles and a nearby Sandpit represent the localized industrial activity of the era. Smaller natural features like Timber Creek and a localized Spring offer a contrast to the industrial footprint, while the terrain of Garland shows the open, rolling character of the Oklahoma Panhandle just south of the Kansas border.