1978 Map of Yale

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Oil fields and storage infrastructure dominate the landscape around Yale, a community shaped by the petroleum industry of north-central Oklahoma. In the late 1970s, the town's industrial footprint is evidenced by a massive Tank Farm and the Cartoco facility, while local recreation is found at Jim Thorpe Park. The winding Cimarron River carves through the terrain, with its southeastern reaches beginning to form the backwaters of Keystone Lake. Transportation patterns are shifting during this era; while the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Missouri-Kansas-Texas line still cuts through the central valley, an Old Railroad Grade near Schlegel points to earlier rail corridors that had already been decommissioned. Rural life is anchored by landmarks like Deep Rock Sch, Underwood Cem, and the small settlement of Norfolk.