1972 Map of Watts

About this map

Watts and Westville serve as primary anchors in this borderland landscape, where the Oklahoma Arkansas state line and the Old Indian Treaty Boundary trace historical jurisdictional limits. The Kansas City Southern railroad cuts a diagonal path through the terrain, passing through Ballard and paralleling Ballard Creek. While much of the land is defined by the Illinois River and Lake Frances, the area is densely populated with sites for genealogical research, including the Sixkiller Cem, Brady West Cem, and Old Union Cem. Notable local landmarks like the Nicodemus Community Ctr and several small chapels such as Faith Chapel and Ballard Ch indicate the dispersed nature of these rural communities in the early 1970s. Prominent summits like Mission Mountain and Bates Mountain rise above the drainage basins of Cincinnati Creek and Peacheater Creek.