Here is a USGS map of Oakfield produced in 1950. Cary Avenue and Oak Street are complete and Farnsworth Avenue is emerging from the west. Look to the right of Triangle Park and note the school (it has a pennant). Haxton's cannery has appeared. A large number of bodies of water have been built in the lower center of the map, primarily to supply water to the gypsum and canning industries. Finally, note that the Garibaldi Avenue railroad spur is no longer there, and also note the 880 foot hill is now only 820 feet tall (there are 3 fewer contours = 60 feet lost). Perhaps the gypsum was mined out and it was no longer profitable to work the hill. But how about using the hill as a location for a rec pond and a landfill?
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