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1973 Map of Slick

Name: 1973 Topographic Map of Slick
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1975
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1975

About this map

The town of Slick and the surrounding Creek County countryside are defined by a complex network of energy infrastructure and historical transport routes in the early 1970s. The landscape is heavily marked by an extensive Oil Field and an Oil and Gas Field to the southeast, with numerous pipelines cutting across the terrain. This industrial activity is contrasted by the winding path of Little Deep Fork Creek and its tributaries like Chicken Creek and Morgan Creek.

Social and transit history is visible through the St Louis-San Francisco railroad and the Turner Toll Road Turnpike in the northwest, while an Old Railroad Grade traces a path through the southern hills. Local community life is anchored by landmarks such as Land Mark Ch, Choska Church Camp, and the Falls Cem. Small settlements like Tabor appear alongside these corridors, illustrating the settlement patterns of a region deeply tied to both petroleum extraction and the evolving rail-to-highway transition.