1968 Map of Bard

About this map

Bard occupies the southwestern corner of this landscape in eastern Quay County, where the plains of New Mexico meet the edge of the Texas Panhandle. This survey reflects the region's reliance on ranching and thoroughfare travel, dominated by a network of windmills such as Salty Windmill, Tree Windmill, and Twin Windmills that sustain life across the arid terrain. The mapping of Route 66 cutting across the southern portion of the sheet highlights the era's primary cross-country transit corridor, which ran parallel to drainages like Trujillo Creek and San Jon Cr. For genealogists and local historians, the inclusion of the Endee Cem near the eastern boundary offers a specific point of interest for tracing early families who settled this high plains region. The presence of a Landing Strip near the town center further emphasizes the necessity of aerial connectivity in such a low-density rural environment.