Published in February 1961, the South Central United States map features Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, and much of New Mexico. This is one map in a series of six sectional maps of the United States published between 1958 and 1961. Intercontinental ballistic missile bases make it evident that this map was printed during a particularly strained period of the Cold War. The 1961 South Central United States • Inset of the Lower Mississippi • State capitals, cities, and towns • Railroads, roads, toll roads, freeways, canals, and places with scheduled air service • Mountains, rivers, lakes, intermittent lakes, dry salt lakes, deserts, and lava • Subtle mountain relief and gulf bathymetry • Intercontinental ballistic missile bases • Elevations in feet and soundings in fathoms
Coverage Area: Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, eastern New Mexico, northern Coahuila, northeastern Chihuahua, northern Nuevo Leon
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