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1967 Map of Alma Mesa

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Alma Mesa
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1970
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1970

About this map

Charlie Moore Place sits at the heart of this high-country survey, representing a pocket of settlement within the expansive timberlands of the Apache National Forest and Gila National Forest. The landscape is defined by a series of prominent flat-topped features, most notably Alma Mesa and Charlie Moore Mesa, which rise between the drainages of Little Blue Creek and Beaver Creek.

The presence of numerous isolated water sources like Hannah Springs and Charlie Moore Springs indicates the importance of reliable water for livestock and early inhabitants in this arid territory. This 1967 field-checked map records a network of transit from the Alma Mesa Road to remote segments like the Pack Trail and Jeep Trail, illustrating how the borderlands between Greenlee County, Arizona, and Catron County, New Mexico, were navigated before modern infrastructure reached these ridges.