1958 Map of Ajo

About this map

The Gila River corridor and its associated Gila Bend Canal anchor the northern landscape of this mid-century desert survey, where agriculture met military expansion in the Arizona interior. The corridor is punctuated by the Southern Pacific railroad and a string of small sidings and settlements like Aztec, Dateland, and Theba. To the south, the isolated mining hub of Ajo sits adjacent to the sprawling Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument and the extensive Papago Indian Reservation.