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1970 Map of Oologah

Name: 1970 Topographic Map of Oologah
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1980
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1980

About this map

The town of Oologah serves as the focal point of this Rogers County landscape, situated where the Missouri Pacific railroad tracks bisect the prairies west of the Verdigris River. This survey captures the region following the major hydrological shift brought by the completion of the Oologah Dam. The resulting Oologah Lake dominates the eastern half of the map, submerged valleys and creating a new shoreline near Edgewater Acres and the Will Rogers State Park.

Evidence of the area's older social and economic fabric remains visible through several family-named landmarks and cemeteries. Notable sites include the Will Rogers Home and local burial grounds like Wann Cem and Bushyhead Cem. The landscape also reveals an industrial layer, from the Oologah Oil Field and scattered strip mines to the prominent Claremore Mound and Lipe Mound that rise above the river valley.