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1944 Map of Barksdale

Name: 1944 Topographic Map of Barksdale
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1944
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1944

About this map

Edwards County ranching lands and the upper Nueces River valley are captured here just as the World War II era reached these remote West Texas limestone hills. The landscape is defined by an intricate network of family homesteads and livestock operations, from the Perkins Ranch in the northwest to the A Schwandner Ranch in the south. These settlements relied on a series of vital water sources in an otherwise arid environment, including Dripping Springs, Boiling Springs, and the Goat Water Hole.

The presence of Camp Wood and Camp Fawcett indicates the area's importance for organized youth and community activity along the river's edge. High points like Kelley Peak and Military Mt overlook a terrain carved by deep drainages such as Machinery Hollow and Dead Pine Hollow. The Central Power and Light Road provides a rare glimpse of the developing utility infrastructure that was beginning to modernize the rural precincts of Edwards, Kinney, and Uvalde counties.