DALLAS–FORT WORTH / THE MAP ARCHIVE
Gulf Oil Dallas–Fort Worth map, 1969
The archived account describes a mid-cities area still largely without freeways beyond the Dallas–Fort Worth Turnpike and notes that the future international airport does not appear on the sheet.
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- Map Date
- 1969
The archived title identifies this as a 1969 Dallas–Fort Worth map, and the sheet copyright also gives 1969.
- Archived Publisher Line
- Conoco Roadmap
The source publisher line says Conoco even though the archived title says Gulf Oil.
- Turnpike Opening
- 1957
The archived description says the Dallas-Fort Worth Turnpike opened in 1957.
1969 · Dallas–Fort Worth
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The turnpike remains the central cross-region route
The Dallas–Fort Worth Turnpike is labeled between the two cities, matching the archived description's focus on the mid-cities freeway network.
Red mileage figures cover the road network
Small red distances appear between points across the sheet and are explained in the legend as mileage shown between points.
The airport is absent from the center of the region
The archived description notes that there is no indication of the Dallas - Fort Worth International Airport on this 1969 map.
DALLAS–FORT WORTH / HISTORICAL CONTEXT
The mid-cities before the airport appears
The archived page says the mid-cities area was still largely devoid of freeways except for the Dallas-Fort Worth Turnpike, which it notes opened in 1957. It also points out that the Dallas - Fort Worth International Airport does not yet appear. Both are period observations preserved below.
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Gulf Oil, Dallas-Fort Worth Map, 1969
Created 20-July-2004
Description: Note that the mid-cities area is still largely devoid of freeways, except for the Dallas-Fort Worth Turnpike, which opened in 1957. There is still no indication of the Dallas - Fort Worth International Airport.
Archive note: The archived title identifies Gulf Oil, while its publisher line identifies a Conoco Roadmap. The inspected sheet carries “Copyright © 1969 by Rand McNally & Co.” and does not resolve the conflicting Gulf and Conoco labels.
Publisher: Conoco Roadmap.