1963 Map of Adams SE

About this map

The Henderson Ranch and Rocking R Ranch anchor a landscape defined by traditional West Texas livestock operations in the early 1960s. This survey of Schleicher County reveals a region where water management was the primary concern for survival, as evidenced by named seasonal catchments like Eighteenmile Waterhole and Hurricane Bluff Waterhole. These features, located along the dry drainage of North Valley, provided essential hydration for cattle in an era before modern infrastructure reached every corner of the Edwards Plateau. The terrain is marked by the branching systems of North Valley Prong and Bull Hollow, which eventually give way to the Middle Valley in the south. While family-named landmarks like the L Edmiston Ranch and Crosby Ranch dominate the surface, industrial Pipelines cutting across the southwestern quadrant hint at the sub-surface energy exploration that was beginning to modernize the local economy.