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1965 Map of Windom

Name: 1965 Topographic Map of Windom
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1966
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1966

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The Little Arkansas River winds through the central prairie of this mid-1960s survey, marking a landscape defined by both agricultural tradition and emerging industrial extraction. Along the southern edge, the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad corridor anchors the community of Windom, while the surrounding townships of Odessa, South Sharps Creek, Union, and Castle show the grid-like organization of rural Kansas.

Evidence of the region's petroleum history is prominent, with the Odessa Oil Field and Welch Bornholdt Oil Field sprawling across the hills. Local history researchers will find specific landmarks such as the Bean Cem and a rural Townhall, alongside a network of drainage features like Wolf Creek and Sharps Creek that feed into the river system. The presence of an Airstrip and various Pipeline markers underscores the modernization of the Kansas interior during this era.