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1963 Map of President

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of President
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1982
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1982

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The Allegheny River carves a deep winding path through this portion of Venango and Forest counties, where the industrial legacy of the Pennsylvania oil region is etched into the landscape. By the early 1960s, the terrain was densely populated with Oil Wells and active Oil Field operations, particularly near the small settlements of Oleopolis and Henrys Bend. These riverside communities, along with Eagle Rock and Baum, illustrate a historical pattern of settlement tied directly to the river’s navigation and the subsequent petroleum boom.

Evidence of established rural life appears in the cluster of Heckathorn Ch and the McCrea Sch near McPhersons Corner. The map tracks the movement of resources through Hampton Station and across the rugged hills of State Game Lands No 47. Prominent waterways like Pithole Creek and Hemlock Creek feed into the Allegheny, framing the isolated Holdman Island and the scattered leaseholdings like Clapp Lease that defined the local economy.