1955 Map of Blue Spring SE

About this map

The Navajo Indian Reservation landscape shown here in the mid-1950s is defined by a network of unimproved roads and essential water infrastructure in a high-desert environment. The map records several traditional dwellings, including a cluster of Hogans and a solitary Hogan in the northeast, alongside a simple structure marked as House. These labels provide specific evidence of human habitation and land use patterns during this era. The survival of life in this arid region was tied to the management of surface water, evidenced by the scattered Stock Tanks and other smaller Tanks used for livestock. Significant natural drainage systems like Waterhole Canyon and Big Canyon carve through the terrain, dictating the movement of both people and animals across this part of Coconino County.