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1966 Map of Russell City

Name: 1966 Topographic Map of Russell City
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1981
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1981

About this map

Oil and gas fields dominate this portion of the Allegheny National Forest, where the industrial extraction of the late 20th century meets the rugged landscape of Elk, McKean, Warren, and Forest Counties. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad winds through the northern terrain, connecting small settlements like Brookston and Chaffee to the wider region. The map reveals a specialized landscape of resource management, dotted with numerous oil wells and facilities such as the Pumping Sta near Sackett.

Smaller hamlets and curiously named locales like Pigs Ear and Windy City are interspersed among the dense network of waterways, including South Branch Tionesta Creek and East Branch Tionesta Creek. These settlements, often situated at crossroads like Four Corners or tucked away near runs like Duhring and Corduroy, reflect the area's history of timbering and fossil fuel production within the protected federal forest lands.