1965 Map of Norman

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University of Oklahoma dominates the center of this mid-1960s landscape, illustrating the intersection of institutional growth and the regional oil economy. The map captures Norman as it expands southward toward the Canadian River, with the Univ of Okla South Campus and the specialized Cerebral Palsy Institute established on the city’s fringes. This era is defined by the coexistence of academic expansion and industrial extraction, evidenced by the numerous wells of the Norman Oil Field and the Southeast Norman Oil Field peppered across the surrounding plains.