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1963 Map of President

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of President
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1974
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1974

About this map

The Allegheny River carves a deep, winding path through this portion of Venango and Forest Counties, where the mid-century landscape is defined by the extraction of natural resources. Clusters of oil and gas wells dominate the southern townships, marked by historical operations such as the Cornplanter Oil Field and the Clapp Lease. The river banks are dotted with small riverfront settlements and rail stops, including Oleopolis, Henrys Bend, and Baum, all connected by the Penn Central line.

Evidence of early local communities is found in landmarks like the McCrea Sch and McCrea Cem, alongside the Heckathorn Ch near the map's southern edge. Broad tracts of protected land, such as State Game Lands No 47, contrast with the industrial infrastructure of pipelines and the Strip Mine near Holeman Run. This map preserves the transition of a region shaped by both the rugged geography of the Allegheny and the intensive oil and gas development of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.