1966 Map of Ash Creek Ranch

About this map

The San Carlos Indian Reservation occupies much of this landscape, where high-desert cattle ranching and water management define the settlement pattern in the mid-1960s. The Ash Creek Ranch and the South Headquarters Tank serve as primary anchors in a region where survival is tied to a network of named springs and tanks. These features, such as Bone Spring and the Indian Spring Well, provide essential water sources across the arid terrain of Ash Flat.