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1963 Map of Uncas

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Uncas
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1965
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1965

About this map

The Arkansas River meanders through the heart of this Oklahoma landscape, carving a wide valley between the uplands of Waltham and Kaw. In the early 1960s, the small settlement of Uncas sat near the river's edge, served by the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad which skirts the southern bluffs. This era is defined by active resource extraction, with numerous Oil Wells, Quarries, and several Gravel Pits scattered across the township lines of Dale and Longwood.

Evidence of local community life appears at the Oak Grove Cem, while the modern infrastructure of the time is noted by Radio Towers standing in the western fields. Tributaries like Wolf Creek, Bear Creek, and Wildcat Creek drain the dissected terrain, illustrating a landscape where industrial energy production and traditional agriculture intersected before later regional developments altered the river's path.