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1968 Map of Peckham

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Peckham
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1970
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1970

About this map

The Oklahoma-Kansas state line bisects this landscape, where the agricultural plains of Sumner Co and Kay Co meet a busy mid-century energy corridor. Small communities like Peckham and Dilworth serve as anchors for a region defined by extensive extraction, notably the Murphy Oil Field and various Gas and Oil Fields that dominate the northern sections. This industrial footprint is tied together by a network of infrastructure, including a prominent Pipeline and the St Louis - San Francisco railroad line.

Water features such as Wentz Lake and the meandering paths of East Bitter Creek, Spring Creek, and Duck Creek provide a natural counterpoint to the rigid grid of the Indian Meridian. Evidence of changing transportation is visible in the Old RR Grade south of Bender, tracing a former route through Vernon. Local life is further marked by the Church of God, situated west of the oil fields, reflecting the rural community fabric of the late 1960s.