1973 Map of Pearsonia NE

About this map

Hulah Lake dominates the northern landscape of this 1973 survey, a reservoir formed along the winding Caney River just south of the Oklahoma-Kansas state line. The terrain within Osage County is characterized by extensive energy extraction, with a widespread Oil Field and numerous Oil Wells, Oil Well sites, and a Gas Well dotting the hillsides. These industrial features are interspersed among a dense network of watercourses including Buck Creek, Pond Creek, and North Fox Creek. The map provides a clear look at the Indian Reservation Boundary as it intersects the river valley, marking a landscape where the mid-century petroleum economy was superimposed upon older tribal lands and rugged drainage basins.