1976 Map of Anton SE

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Agricultural patterns and the distinct circular imprints of center-pivot irrigation dominate this mid-1970s orthophotoquad of the Texas High Plains. The small settlement of Roundup serves as a lone commercial and residential anchor in an landscape otherwise defined by a meticulous grid of large-scale farming and local access roads. Traversing the terrain, a prominent County Line indicates the administrative divide that shapes local governance and land records. The imagery reveals the intensity of cultivation in this region of Lubbock, capturing the exact footprint of fields and homesteads as they existed during a period of significant technological transition in American prairie farming.