1960 Map of Sayre

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The North Fork Red River snakes across this western Oklahoma landscape, defining the region's physical and economic character at the turn of the 1960s. Sayre serves as the central hub, where the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad intersects with major regional thoroughfares. The transition between the high plains and the river valley is marked by a network of smaller watercourses like Sandstone Creek and Timber Creek, which supported early 20th-century agrarian settlements.